Acknowledgement by Director C. Emerson Brown for Gift of Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle to the Philadelphia Zoo by Howard Page Wood
Philadelphia: Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1935. 1 printed form filled in by hand. The Zoological Society of Philadelphia thanks Howard Page Wood for the gift of one spiny soft-shelled turtle. Signed by the director, C. Emerson Brown. Undated. Clarence Emerson Brown (1869-1949) was director of the Philadelphia Zoo from 1922 to 1935. Howard Page Wood (1923-2010) was a child when he presented this turtle to the zoo; he later became an orchid collector and wrote the definitive work on the subject, "Dendrobiums." In Near Fine Condition: two horizontal creases; clean and bright. Near Fine. Item #008460
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