My dad in Bronx Zoo's Astor Court, in front of the National Collection of Heads and Horns (now Security, Education and International Conservation Offices). Built 1922; Henry D. Whitfield, architect

            In the summer of 1941, with World War II gaining intensity in Europe, the Bronx Zoo held an exhibition of eagles in art at the Zoo’s Heads and Horns Museum. The exhibition lasted from July 2 through July 17, and according to the July/August 1941 issue of the Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, an impressive 116,000 visitors attended the show. It featured works of all kinds, from sculptures to coins to ceramics, on loan from various museums and other collections. 

The granite eagle sculpture on a stone pedestal in the forecourt of the Educational Building was he largest piece of the exhibition and remains at the zoo, as do a couple of other sculptural legacies.

The eagle is said to have been salvaged from the City Hall Post Office and Courthouse, across City Hall Park from New York City Hall. Designed by architect Alfred B. Mullett, erected 1869-1880 and demolished in 1939. Another pair of eagles from the demolished building went to General Grant National Memorial (also known as Grant’s Tomb).

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Taken on: January 1, 1954

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