Three Children with Pandora - 1

Item

Title
Three Children with Pandora - 1
Caption
Pandora, which is scheduled to arrive here on Friday to take up residence at the Bronx Zoo, shown in China shortly after her capture in the Snowy Mountains. The children in the picture are Anne Williams, Eleanor Williams and David Spooner.
Identifier
RCS_003
Alternative Identifier
pic017
Description
Three children play with Pandora the panda on a lawn at the WCUU campus. They are seated on the grass behind Pandora.
Commentary
From left to right: Eleanor Williams, Anne Williams and David Spooner. This photo was published in the New York Times 1939-06-07, where they had the names of the two girls reversed. Accurate names come from a clipping of the article in the Williams Family Archives.
Creator
Roy or Kathleen Spooner
Date Created
Between 1938-04-20 and 1938-05-19
Geonames
Chengdu, Sichuan
https://www.geonames.org/1815286/chengdu.html
West China Union University
https://www.geonames.org/12718447/ackerman-clock-tower-huaxi-campus.html
Event
Pandora the Panda in Chengdu
Relation
A series of photos of Pandora and other pandas from the Walmsley and Best families can be seen here: Girling, Alison. 2015. “Pandora the Panda Bear,” Vic in China.
https://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/exhibitions/vic_in_china/sections/life_in_west_china/pandora_the_panda_bear.html
Three Children with Pandora - 2
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Source
David Spooner
Provenance
Roy Cowieson and Kathleen Spooner, David Spooner (Roy's and Kathleen's son). Scanned by Zhang Mingying.
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2026-01-02
Contributor
Cory Willmott; Zhang Yingming
Type
Still Image
Published In
City's First Panda Due Here Friday: Rare Specimen, Destined for Bronx. New York Times, Jun 7, 1938, p. 25.
Item sets
Spooner Family Archives
Media
RCS_003_pic017.jpg

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