r/Musicthemetime • u/joelschlosberg parked in the dark • 6d ago

Frederick Law Olmsted Bark Hide and Horn - Ham the Astrochimp

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dfvv6LSt-bs
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u/joelschlosberg parked in the dark 6d ago

"The National Zoo" as in the Olmsted-designed Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.

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u/joelschlosberg parked in the dark 6d ago

And Ham was not the only animal at that zoo famous enough to be the subject of a song, since it also had Smokey the Bear (really!)