A man poses in front of four bear hides that are hanging from a wooden building with a corrugated metal roof. He is wearing a hat, cloth pants, belt with metal buckle, and a button-up long-sleeved shirt with collar and two pockets. A wooden sawhorse is partially visible on the right side of the image next to the dwelling. A man wearing a hat, long-sleeved shirt and pants is standing in the background next to a body of water.
Bear Pit, City Park. [View of bear enclosure at City Park zoo, now Washington Park. Bear is stretched on hind legs to full height with onlookers at perimeter of cage.]
Bear Pit, City Park. [View of bears in exhibit at City Park zoo, now called Washington Park. Early example of pit-style, or sunken, enclosure with ornate iron railing to separate animals from onlookers.]