Henry Hill
Photos Demonstrating "Some Ways For Strange Animals", 1909
Silver prints (13)
Each 5 x 7 inches
With "Henry Hill, Press Photographer" credit stamp and affixed caption verso.
With "Henry Hill, Press Photographer" credit stamp and affixed caption verso.
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A dynamic and unusual collection of photographs, possibly photographed at the Bronx Zoo, showing the proper ways to hold some strange animals. Identified specimens shown include a rabbit, snake, marten,...
A dynamic and unusual collection of photographs, possibly photographed at the Bronx Zoo, showing the proper ways to hold some strange animals. Identified specimens shown include a rabbit, snake, marten, squirrel, fish, turtle, rooster, salamander, monkey, and a dasypus (also known as the long-nosed armadillo). There are affixed captions to the versos of most of the photos. Some of these captions are instructional (“Do not hold a rabbit or hare by the ears”) while others are more philosophical (“Nobody would be anxious how to catch a turtle, she is not-at-all of sensible nature”). A shot of a rooster bears an unintentionally-humorous caption noting that its accompanying depicts, “the only right grip for a cock.”
Each photo bears a credit stamp of the photographer Henry Hill, who identifies himself as a “press photographer" which, in 1908, was an early usage of the term.
Each photo bears a credit stamp of the photographer Henry Hill, who identifies himself as a “press photographer" which, in 1908, was an early usage of the term.