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Title: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, view of a Blue Crane, Kew, England, 1929
Alternative Title: Kew Gardens
Contributor: Cornell, Ralph D.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information: copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) standing in a sparse forest in Kew Gardens (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The Blue Crane is normally a pale blue-gray color with a long dark gray tail. It has a large head for a crane and is slightly shorter than most cranes (100-120 cm). Kew Gardens spans 121 hectares and serves as a research facility as well as a visitor attraction.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Kew Gardens 1929
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 749
uclamss_1411_0749
ark:/21198/zz002b6r33
Language: English
Subject: International
Environment
Trees
Cranes (Birds)--England
Botanical gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Source: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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