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| Title | The Asian elephant Wide Awake takes a drink from a sprinkler, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, 1935 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1935 |
| Caption | The Asian elephant Cleopatra was purchased in 1920 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper for a fundraising event. Renamed Wide Awake after a P-I children's group, "the Wide Awake Club, " she was presented to the Woodland Park Zoo in June of 1921. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: Elephants, Wide Awake
Hand written on image: Wide Awake
Caption information source: http://www.zoo.org/Page.aspx?pid=374
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 17, 1935 |
| Subjects | Elephants—Washington (State)—Seattle
Woodland Park Zoo (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2451.4 |
| 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 Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
