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| Title | Bobo the gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, 1966 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1966 |
| Caption | Anacortes native Bill Lowman brought an infant lowland gorilla home to his parents in 1951. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lowman raised the gorilla, which they named Bobo, as part of the family. Two years later, when Bobo grew too big to stay in the Lowmans' home, he moved to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Until his death in 1968, Bobo was one of the city's best-known residents, delighting a generation of children and adults. |
| Notes | Sign in image: Stay Back of Railing - Do Not Touch or Tap on [Glass].
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, PARKS, Woodland Park Zoo, gorillas, "Bobo."
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 17, 1966. |
| Subjects | Gorillas--Washington (State)--Seattle; Zoos--Washington (State)--Seattle; Woodland Park Zoo |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Phinney Ridge (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.10332 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
