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Title: Bear's den, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
Description: Visitors near Bear's Den. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. 1907 postmark. Number 28.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14135

Title: Feeding the deer, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
Description: Women feeding deer through a fence at Bever Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. Number 14396.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14134

Title: Scene in Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
Description: New construction of bear den in Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bever Park was established in 1893 after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904.1907 postmark. Number 1955.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14132

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