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Tropical Forest section
This colored sketch from page 14 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan illustrates a typical section through a walkway in the tropical forest area of the zoo. Pedestrians view understory plantings and the adjacent wetlands. “Exotic textures…
Entry / Tropical Atrium
This colored sketch from page 9 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan shows a stream cascading through a tropical forest a butterfly and bird are present in the thick vegetation. “As visitors arrive at the new Zoo entry complex they will find…
Historic / Perennial Garden
This colored sketch from page 11 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan depicts a path through the perennial garden at the zoo. Flowers are visible in the foreground and in the distance. “The area around the Kentucky Village will include an…
North American Woodland
This colored sketch from page 15 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan illustrates a deciduous forest in the springtime, with flowrs in the foreground, and trees and blooming shrubs in the background. “Where exhibit habitats require a…
Kentucky Wetlands
This colored sketch from page 13 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan shows a marsh area with lily pads and flowers in the foreground and a muskrat on a log beyond the water. “Cattails, pickerelweed, duck weed, water lilies and arrowhead all…
African Savanna
This colored sketch from page 12 of the Louisville Zoo Botanical Master Plan shows distant trees and a zebra behind a grassy area. Birds and colorful flowers are in the foreground. “As illustrated above, the African savanna will include collections…
Bobcat and wolf exhibit, Wheeling Zoo
This is a partially colored sketch that features bobcats and wolves in their wooded enclosure at the Wheeling, West Virginia zoo. A viewing shelter overlooks the exhibit.
Wetlands Interpretive Area
This plan includes a pencil elevation sketch showing a boardwalk and shelter overlooking marsh habitat and a waterfall. It is not known which zoo this plan was for.
Illustrative Sketches, Tautphaus Park Zoo, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Four pencil sketches depict buildings in their settings within the zoo: zoo entrance buildings, railroad station, food concessions, and African plains habitat overlook.
Dining area overlooking African plains exhibit
This colored sketch depicts zebras and wildebeast in an African plains setting, with wetlands at one side. At the right, zoo guests enjoy the view while dining. It is not known for which zoo this was drawn. Possibilities are: Chaffee (Fresno, CA) or…
New Entry Area: Flamingo & Tortoise Exhibits
Flamingos and a giant tortoise are in the foreground, with new entry buildings in the background. “As the new Children’s Zoo expands and develops, the Master Plan proposes a new main entrance immediately adjacent to the parking area. Here a group…
African Plains: Giraffe Feeding Station
Zebras in the foreground and giraffes in the back are observed by visitors from a covered observation tower. “The visitor will approach the exhibit up an inclined boardwalk, providing access to an observation tower. From here the observer will be…
Tropical Forest section and inset drawings
Pencil sketch of a section of the walkway, understory planting, and wetlads of the tropical forest exhibit, which was colored for use as an illustration in the publication. Also included are five plant detail drawings used as insets in the booklet…
Entry / Tropical Atrium
Pencil sketch of a cascading waterfall in a tropical setting, which was used to create a colored illustration for the associated publication. The final illustration did not include the people shown at the lower right. “As visitors arrive at the new…
North American Woodland
Pencil sketch of woodland scene, which was used to create a colored sketch for the associated publication, and two inset drawings: ferns (used in the booklet) and an herbaceous plant (not used). “Where exhibit habitats require a temperate forest…
Path and exhibits, Henson Robinson Zoo (colored)
Oblique aerial view of pedestrian walkway with exhibits and buildings. Derived from pencil sketch zoo_hen_sk_00.
Path and exhibits, Henson Robinson Zoo (pencil sketch)
Oblique aerial view of pedestrian walkway with exhibits and buildings. Colored version is zoo_hen_sk_01.
Cross section of rockwork in the east African exhibit, Ft. Wayne Zoo
Pencil sketch of a cross section of the rockwork that forms the basis for several exhibits in the east Africa section of the Ft. Wayne Children’s Zoo, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Penguin exhibit sketch
Colored sketch of the penguin exhibit for the Erie Zoo, Erie, Pennsylvania. Visitors view penguins swimming underwater through a glass wall, and view penguins on land behind the water feature.
Viewing blind for lion exhibit, Chaffee Zoo (pencil sketch)
Pencil sketch of visitors viewing lions through a glass wall in the exhibit viewing blind at the Chaffee Zoo, Fresno, California. “The Chaffee lion exhibit is made up of a grassy meadow with a water hole reminiscent of the African plains. The…