Creator

Elizabeth Koons

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Identifier

20061056

Description

Photograph of 45-pound turtle that was presented to Forest Park Zoo by Marvin Leggett, after being brought here from Arkansas where Leggett landed the logger-head on a trotline with perch as bait. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition June 10, 1947.

Archival Date

1947-06-09

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1893

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Turtles; Forest Park Zoo; Trotline; Logger-head turtle; Zoos; Leggett, Marvin

Subjects

Turtles; Forest Park Zoo; Trotline; Logger-head turtle; Zoos; Leggett, Marvin

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