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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck (incomplete), 14 December 1900

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/36

Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck sends Ewart details and photographs (not present) of his cross breeding experiments with a lion and a tiger born at the Hagenpark in Hamburg in 1897. He is also attempting to cross a female leopard with a Bengal tiger.

The latter part of the letter is not present.

Dates

  • Creation: 14 December 1900

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Extent

1 leaf

Physical Location

CLX-A-1135

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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