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When did you first start to think, “I might like to work in a zoo”?… Read More

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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

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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

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Now were there any animals that you were drawn to or groups of animals that fascinated you?… Read More

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Not particularly, that I remember. Read More

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And when you were at the National Zoo as a visitor, what were your, you were still a young girl?… Read More

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What were some of your memories as you recollect them?… Read More

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Mm-hmm. Read More

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Seneca- was it memories?… Read More

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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

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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

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So what are your earliest memories of zoos from Rochester?… Read More

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So what do you remember about your first zoo, the Seneca Park?… Read More

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My mother was a homemaker and my father was a lawyer, a government lawyer. Read More

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In Rochester, he was the district attorney. And then the Republicans got voted out and he went back to his law school to get career advice and was told about a job in Washington and he started at the National Science Foundation and then moved on to the, he was… Read More

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So he was a government lawyer in Rochester?… Read More

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And what was your childhood like?… Read More

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You know, just a traditional childhood. We moved to Washington, DC when I was seven, so I grew up in Washington, DC. Lived there until I left for Milwaukee. Read More

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And what did your parents do?… Read More

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My name is Elizabeth Frank. I’m called Bess. I was born in Rochester, New York. My birthdate is November 21st, 1951. Read More