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Monkey House, New York Zoological Park, Bronx, New York, circa 1910

Subject
Zoos & Circuses
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Monkey House, New York Zoological Park, Bronx, New York, circa 1910, New York Zoological Society, NY, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Monkey House, New York Zoological Park, Bronx, New York, circa 1910, New York Zoological Society, NY, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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A long, low brick building with red tile roofs, white columned entrance bays and skylights, identified by the printed caption as the Monkey House of the New York Zoological Park; visitors in early-1900s dress stroll the gravel walk in front, with potted palms and clipped evergreens set out along the facade. The New York Zoological Park (the Bronx Zoo) opened in 1899 under the New York Zoological Society, and its early animal houses were designed in a Beaux-Arts manner to serve both the animals and the visiting public. The Monkey House was one of the park's original exhibition buildings of the early 1900s.

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PublisherNew York Zoological Society
3727, B—MONKEY HOUSE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK --- POST CARD POSTAGE DOMESTIC TWO CENTS. THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE THIS SPACE FOR NAME AND ADDRESS Copyrighted—New York Zoological Society, Publishers QUADRI-COLOR CO. NEW YORK Only Official Post Cards of the New York Zoological Park bear this imprint
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PublisherNew York Zoological Society
Series3727
ConditionVery good
PublisherNew York Zoological Society, New York, NY
NotesNarrow white margin at the edges; color halftone/lithographic printing with a visible dot screen; light wear at corners. No postmark — card is unmailed and unwritten. Divided-back "POST CARD" with "THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "THIS SPACE FOR NAME AND ADDRESS" and a "POSTAGE DOMESTIC TWO CENTS" stamp box; green imprint of the New York Zoological Society (Quadri-Color Co., New York). Light edge/corner wear, no folds.

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Monkey House, New York Zoological Park, Bronx, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/monkey-house-new-york-zoological-park-bronx-new-york-circa-1. Accessed October 24, 2026.