The Great Zoo Hoax

In 1874 the paper reported the menagerie loose and the city barricaded its doors against a lion made entirely of newsprint. Correction issued the next day, terror nonrefundable

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.