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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3305

Columbus Zoological Company, Ohio, $5 shares, Columbus 190[5], #6420, eagle vignette top centre, ornate black border, green underprint, gold overprint and seal, EF

The first zoo in Columbus, located in the north Riverview neighborhood of Beechwold, Clintonville. The zoo opened in May, 1905 but closed in October, 1905 under unknown circumstances. The former monkey house can still be seen on the property of 150 W. Beechwold Blvd. where it is used as a barn. The zoo's original brick entrance can also be seen on North High Street at Beechwold Road. The current zoo opened in 1927.

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$170