Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 27
Yes. Right. Did… Weren’t great friends. I knew them and would talk to them, but, you know, I didn’t really ask them about it. So you graduate from high school. Mm-hmm. Read More
Yes. Right. Did… Weren’t great friends. I knew them and would talk to them, but, you know, I didn’t really ask them about it. So you graduate from high school. Mm-hmm. Read More
Well, they thought I’d don’t outgrow it, probably. Read More
And were you encouraged by your high school teachers?… Read More
Not particularly, I don’t remember. I don’t even remember talking to a guidance counselor at school. Read More
You told your parents, “I wanna work in a zoo”?… Read More
Yes. Read More
And they said?… Read More
Oh, I decided I wanted to work in a zoo in high school. I went to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Mark Reed was a year in front of me and I was in school with Alice Reed, his sister. And so, you know, learning about who were the children… Read More
When did you first start to think, “I might like to work in a zoo”?… Read More
Well, back then, most of the buildings were the WPA buildings. And so I remember the artwork on the outside, the beautiful artwork on the old buildings that they’ve pretty much kept. Remember the old Elephant House, the small mammal house. Yeah, taking bread to feed the ducks at the… Read More
Now were there any animals that you were drawn to or groups of animals that fascinated you?… Read More
Not particularly, that I remember. Read More
And when you were at the National Zoo as a visitor, what were your, you were still a young girl?… Read More
What were some of your memories as you recollect them?… Read More
Mm-hmm. Read More
Seneca- was it memories?… Read More
I just remember going to the zoo. I always liked going to the zoo. My memories are just from looking at the pictures, you know, of us standing in front of the cat cages or whatever. As I said, I was seven when we moved, so most of my memories… Read More
Oh yeah, Seneca Park Zoo, got pictures of my sister and I in our matching Easter outfits, visiting the zoo and visited the zoo regularly, zoos and mus. And when we moved to Washington, it was soon after the disaster at the National Zoo where the little girl was killed… Read More
So what are your earliest memories of zoos from Rochester?… Read More
So what do you remember about your first zoo, the Seneca Park?… Read More