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Su-Lin The Giant Panda

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Stock #:131094
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, U. S. A. Su-Lin, The Giant Panda Hall 15. Su-Lin the baby Giant Panda, was about six weeks old at the time of her capture in the Province of Szechwan. China. She was between four and five months old in February, 1937, when she reached the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, where she was on exhibition until the time of her death, April 1, 1938. Su-Lin was the first Giant Panda to be brought out of China alive and to be exhibited in captivity. Presented by the Chicago Zoological Society. Taxidermy by C. J. Albrecht.

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