Fairfield Osborn

Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Zoological Society, calls upon Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, and Commissioner of Parks Robert Moses to speak at the opening the New York Aquarium at Coney Island.. The program concludes with a ribbon cutting by a black-footed penguin named ...

At the cornerstone laying ceremonies for the New York Aquarium at Coney Island, city officials and scientists praise the long awaited project, in planning since the closure of the Aquarium at Castle Garden in Battery Park.

Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parks, is the first to speak. He ...

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Groundbreaking for a 12 acre conservation exhibit. Speakers include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. president of the New York Zoological Society.

Bronx Zoological Park.
Acre Conservatory exhibit; ground ...