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[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0840]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Kitty isn't a kidding, a 350 pound lioness mauls and chews on Lynn Hudson, 19 year old zookeeper at Lincoln Park Zoo here yesterday. Hudson spent a harrowing 20 minutes in the den but was reported in satisfactory condition despite being clawed and bitten the stomach, arms, chest and neck. A bullet also hit him in the arm when another attendant fired three times at lioness, she was hit in the head but not severel… more
Date: September 11, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0117]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Enjoying friends, sunshine and music are these visitors of a Sunday afternoon concert at the Oklahoma City Zoo amphitheater."
Date: September 11, 1977
Creator: Reed, Monty
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0718]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A LOOK OF APPREHENSION, is evident in the eyes of this family of kudu at Lincoln Park Zoo as the photographer snapped the shutter."
Date: September 11, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1003.0680]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Just 25 years ago city hall was in a hot feud over whether to buy an elephant for the zoo, an elephant which would consume $1.50 worth of food a day."
Date: September 11, 1952
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8353]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here's a full-length portrait of Frieda, Oklahoma City zoo's newest star. Julian Frazier, zoo director, who trucked her all the way from San Francisco calls her "the most beautiful giraffe you ever saw." Contributions from children and adult friend of the zoo made her presence possible but she will be lonely until enough funds are raised to purchase a mate. Frieda is 3 years old and weighs 1,000 pounds."
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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