Reference Number | DE/5/7/12 |
Title | Correspondence and related papers regarding Dudley Castle Zoological Gardens and the Limestone Caverns |
Description | Includes: guide to Whipsnade Zoological Park, with map [1935]; letters regarding water supply [1936]; letters and copy letters from Tecton Architects, London [1936]; letters regarding the safety of the zoo buildings, etc. [1936 - 1937] including copy print of the bear pit; blueprint of gates to cavern entance [1937]; and letters with reference to requisition of the limestone cavern by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, with plan of Dudley Zoo grounds [1941]. |
WW2 |
Date | 1935 - 1941 |
Related Material | [Berthold Lubetkin of Tecton Architects (a group of young, radical and modernist architects), designed Dudley Zoo between 1935 and 1937. See http://designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin. See also DE/6/2/11 and DE/16/3/220-228.] |
AccessStatus | Open |
Extent | [1 bundle] |
Level | Item |