adrian1963

early days gorilla house

Unfortunatly no date was passed on to me
can anyone help
Very interesting photo. Presumably the Gorillas were in residence. Is that one at the extreme left, halfway up the bars?- people have gathered to look at something. I can see just three ropes hanging down, otherwise it looks completely bare.
 
This is the Berthold Lubetkin Gorilla House (1932-33) so I'd guess the photo was taken around that time or soon after .... amazing what a bit of Googling can bring up ! However, without looking anything up, I would have guessed late 1920s, early 1930s, from the style of clothing visible ..... all the men with hats on for example !
 

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