Letter from Cyrus Adler, Assistant Secretary, to Frank Baker, Superintendent of the National Zoo 2/21/1908
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Adler, Cyrus National Zoological Park (U.S.)
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Historic Images of the SmithsonianSee also SIA2016-011420 for additional correspondence.Letter from Cyrus Adler, Assistant Secretary, to Frank Baker, Superintendent, National Zoological Park, stating that Baker's request for certification of two whites only positions was being denied by the Secretary, Charles D. Walcott. Walcott recommended Baker submit two certification requests that didn't specify skin color.Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 74, Box 145, Folder 1: Adler to Baker 2/21/1908Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Number Of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 8.21w X 10.75h; Type Of Image: Document; Medium: Paper