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London Zoo Llama and Cart Zoological Society Regents Park Postcard c1905
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London Zoo Llama and Cart Zoological Society Regents Park Postcard c1905

London, England (Regent's Park)Pre-linenGood
Charming early postcard from the Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, depicting a llama pulling a small two-wheeled cart containing a uniformed keeper and two children, with additional onlookers in the background. The llama cart ride was a popular visitor attraction at London Zoo in the Edwardian era. Photograph by F.W. Bond, official photographer to the Zoological Society of London, who produced an extensive numbered series of zoo postcards. 'No. 23 — Llama and Cart' printed in caption below the image. Back printed 'Post Card / British Manufacture / The Address Only to Be Written Here / 1d. Stamp' — standard undivided back format with 1d stamp box. Unposted. F.W. Bond's London Zoo series is well-documented and collectible; llama and cart images are among the most sought-after subjects in the series.
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PC-01160 · Zoological Society of London (ZSL) — photograph by F.W. Bond
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