cool photos, although the are black ans white and very dark, you feel like the people care about the animals there

They are B&W alright, and that is perfect! They are not dark! I suggest you check your monitor settings. Very interesting pix. Some very funny

i like the one with the panda and the little crocodiles and the guy brushing an elephant, and the monkeys, awh crap i like the all:)

i like the one where the penguins are going pass some people, so cute

gr8 pics

haha

Amazing B+W's. I love old pictures like that. Finally the original use of turtle wax

Yeah, i liked them alot too. all of them, they feel... right somehow

I believe pix 11 is now an extinct bird. Does anyone knows its name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaeniceps_rex

It's the so-called Shoebill, a huge bird from Africa

First Pic: NOW I know why it's called "Turtle Wax

Wonderful pics

Pics are amazing and are all very sweet

loved the one with the penguins and where music is played for wolves

Great Pics.. I remember washing and feeding the elephants in Dublin Zoo back in the 70's when I was a kid. I used to bring my little sister with me during the school holidays and we did it with long brushes and fed the penguins too. People think Im lying when I tell them I did it, but like the above pics, you could really get up close and personal in those days before personal insurance and the modern "claim culture" took hold. Ah.... The good old days ! LOL Valerie - Dublin- Ireland

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I have just recovered a load of old pics from my parents old house and these are very similar - they really are great, and though some of them appear to have been contrived they are nontheless great icons of a time gone by. Where do you see Rhinos in a pen like that

The panda goalie is the coolest, everything looks real stylish in black and white

Wow. What's most amazing is how trumendousely far zoos have come in recent years. I would hate to be an animal in one of those pens back then. Terrible conditions, but what great archives!

The shoebill is not extinct, but is almost prehistoric. There is a breeding pair at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.

I have to disagree, they don't seem . . . "right" . . . they seem sad. That humans, the "compassionate, intelligent species" would alow such domination over our once-wild cousins. At least we have made progress.

And fyi, alot is not a word: it's A lot

Geez Louise "Danielle" get off your soap box will ya, and just enjoy the photos

Too Dark? Black and White? lol I think this guy is still in the ''One Step'' mind set..

My friend do yourself a favor and get some Culture about you... Color is Great, But B&W is true Art

The bird in #11 is a Dodo bird. No, really

nice photos

In case anyone cares, the group of people looking at the penguins passing,include the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. (The two girls without hats!) I would estimate about 1936-7

Excellent pictures. It gives you a lot to think about in regards to coexisistance

are all fake

These are very interesting! Love the sense of old photography, so archaic yet so modern

of course they are fakes, you can tell because they are black and white

Even though these are old they have a timeless appeal - shows they are great. Thanks for posting

In the first picture, I'd have thought they would use "Turtle Wax

its a bad enviremont for the animals

I am sorry to dissapoiny u ppl but some of these picture are 100% fakes.It they were taken at that time,some pics wouldnt look like that.For instance the jumping thingy above the guardian is far too sharpley taken,imposible fot the techology of that period.Next is that fax on turtles back,it is too focused as it was implemented from a higher res pic.Samo goes for that record player that stands out near a lions cage.The creator choosed B+W to make pics look more realistic.BTW nooone that likes animals climb their backs to wash them,it was done with large scalings.The pic with the panda is also imposible cuz kids were never alowed to enter cages,neither were those litle animals let out side of it.Imagine what would happen to a child playing with a lion cub next to its mother....fake XD

yea but the Indian elephants and their mahuts(companions) are together for a very long time...in fact most of those elephants are with their mahuts since birth...therefore, they have a very close relationship and thus trust their mahuts a lot and allow them to do many things..

Yes,u would.But even tho some of pics are fake,some are genuine.But anyway they all look great.Even for the people that dony like animals like me. eg. I like them (pics and animals).

see the young queen elizabeth and princes margaret in the penguin one they are standing by the wall

ma andate a lavorare vah!!! voglio fare 1a ricerca su london zoo e nn trovo 1 cazzo

good job,go on!

I think my favorite is where they're playing music to the wolves. Someone testing out the old theory that music soothes the savage beast? heehee

I wonder if some of those tortises are still alive.

lol

"cool photos, although the are black ans white and very dark, you feel like the people care about the animals there"

wow....you know those photos are staged right? it wasn't great being a zoo animal back then. even now in some places