Buffalo Zoo Sea Lion Pool and House
WPA workers putting finishing touches on Sea Lion pool and house -- WPA
Project type: Parks and recreation, Zoos
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Quality of Information: Minimal
Site Survival: Unknown
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Description
Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers constructed and renovated animal houses in the Buffalo Zoo. WPA improvements at the Buffalo Zoo included work on the Sea Lion house and pool (shown above), and construction of new pens for the Sika and Fallow Deer (shown below).
More information is needed to determine the current status of these projects.
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Deer at the Buffalo Zoo
Sika and Fallow Deer for which WPA workers built new pens at the Buffalo Zoo
Deer at the Buffalo Zoo
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1489 National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1491
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