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Henry Snow. photo from Oakland Museum of California 3 Henry Adelbert ("Del") Snow (December 15, 1869-1927) was an adventurer and big game hunter. He donated his enormous collection of specimens to Oakland to start the Snow Museum of Natural History.
In the early years, from 1922 to 1950, Oakland Zoo was founded by and under management of naturalists Henry A. Snow and his son Sidney Snow. Although no longer privately owned, and managed by the Conservation Society of California, the Snow family legacy remains actively present today, through the great granddaughter of Henry Snow and the ...
Jun 7, 2024 · Naturalist Henry A. Snow established the Oakland Zoo in 1922 on 19th St and Harrison St in downtown Oakland. Over the years the zoo relocated several times: to Sequoia Park, Joaquin Miller Park and finally in 1939 to Durant Park.
Adventurer, naturalist and big game hunter. Through the 1910s, Oakland had a desire to expand its museums. As part of the promotion for a new museum complex, in 1919 big game hunters Henry Snow and Leslie Simson were sent on an expedition to Africa to collect specimens. Henry established the Oakland Zoo in 1922 and...
Jul 12, 2020 · Henry A. Snow, a naturalist, collector, and African big game hunter, established the Oakland Zoo in downtown Oakland. The first Zoo was located at 19th and Harrison. The area is now known as Snow Park.
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Henry Snow, featured in Insurgent Intersections' spring 2022 works-in-progress series, discusses their work "'Exact to a nicety in calculations of profit and...
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