Benson's Wild Animal Farm.

Book

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Hoboken Historical Museum

front cover

front cover

Name/Title

Benson's Wild Animal Farm.

Entry/Object ID

2014.015.0010

Description

Benson's Wild Animal Farm. By Bob Goldsack. Images of America. [Charleston, SC]: Arcadia Publishing, [2011]. First edition. 8vo softcover. pp. 127, photo illustrated. John T. Benson (1879-1943) founded this farm in Hudson (Nashua), New Hampshire in the mid-1920s. He had previously been a wild animal importer in Hoboken until the early 1920s. He was also an agent for Carl Hagenbeck (and successors) in Hoboken and later years. Clients included zoos and circuses. He had a quarantine and storage facility in Hoboken where the wild animals were held prior to shipping to customers. Page 16 has two captioned photos, the top one being in Hoboken and the bottom one referring to Hoboken, but it is not clear that it is in Hoboken. There is brief text in the first three chapters regarding his Hoboken era. 8vo softcover

Acquisition

Accession

2014.015

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Book Details

Author

Goldsack, Bob

Edition

First

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Place Published

Location

Charleston, SC

Date Published

2011

Publication Language

English

ISBN

978-0-7385-7407-3

Notes

Copy No.: 1

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-04-16