A Panda Chewing Bamboo at Xiqu Park, 1975

Title: A Panda Chewing Bamboo at Xiqu Park, 1975
Identifier: WFC_115
Description: An adult panda sits on the grass with a bunch of bamboo in front of it. An empty heart-shaped pool is in the background behind it.
Commentary: Earl and Katharine Willmott visited the Chongqing Zoo's panda enclosure during their 1975 trip to China. Then called Xiqu Park, this zoo cared for the largest captive panda population in the world at that time.
Creator: Leslie Earl Willmott
Date Created: 1975-04-25
Location: Chongqing Zoo (Xiqu Park)
Geonames: Chongqing; https://www.geonames.org/1814906/chongqing.html
Event: 1975 Willmott Trip to China
Original Format: Color slide
Source: Cory Willmott
Provenance: Leslie Earl and Mary Katharine Willmott, to Richard Edward Willmott; scanned by Cory Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-01-10
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
Subject: Giant Panda