Philadelphia Zoo
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philadelphia-zoo-172-15303625
title:
Philadelphia Zoo
text:
The Philadelphia Zoo is a zoo located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was the first true zoo in the United States. It was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874. The zoo opened with 1,000 animals and an admission price of 25 cents. For a brief time, the zoo also housed animals brought to U.S. from safaris by the Smithsonian Institution, which had not y
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America's First Zoo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Zoo
date created:
2004-02-17T05:05:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T03:36:38Z
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