[Hippopotamus in Kruger National Park]
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[Hippopotamus in Kruger National Park]
From Union of South Africa, Places, National Park
1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.4 x 23.7 cm
Gift of Todd Gitlin, 2005
2005.0914.0007
Inscriptions verso (typed labels): [title and description]
verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library, 186 High Holborn, W.C.1. Must Be returned undamaged
verso (stamp): See 13 Nov 1948 Illustrated
verso (red pencil): Hippo
verso (pencil): M4-19
verso (pencil): GR-324
verso (pencil): 2500/DS
verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library, 186 High Holborn, W.C.1. Must Be returned undamaged
verso (stamp): See 13 Nov 1948 Illustrated
verso (red pencil): Hippo
verso (pencil): M4-19
verso (pencil): GR-324
verso (pencil): 2500/DS
TextIn the eastern part of the Transvaal, a vast territory covering some 8,000 square miles is given over to what is surely the strangest use in the world. For here, in the Kruger National Park, the customary positions are reversed. The animals roam freely while the public is imprisoned in cars or compounds.
