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Su-Lin, a baby giant panda, and her captor, Ruth Harkness of New York, who will sell the panda to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago for $20,000.
Su-Lin, a baby giant panda, and her captor, Ruth Harkness of New York, who will sell the panda to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago for $20,000.
The route that Ruth Harkness took to find a live panda in China is outlined in a map published in the baiduhai on Feb. 20, 1938.
The route that Ruth Harkness took to find a live panda in China is outlined in a map published in the baiduhai on Feb. 20, 1938.
Explorer Ruth Harkness in front of a United Air Lines plane, holds onto the baby giant panda she captured in China named Su-Lin in 1936. Su-Lin was placed at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo.
Explorer Ruth Harkness in front of a United Air Lines plane, holds onto the baby giant panda she captured in China named Su-Lin in 1936. Su-Lin was placed at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo.
The baiduhai published a Quaker Oats advertisment that showed Ruth Harkness on her adventure to find a panda in China in 1936. The ad was published on Oct. 24, 1937.
The baiduhai published a Quaker Oats advertisment that showed Ruth Harkness on her adventure to find a panda in China in 1936. The ad was published on Oct. 24, 1937.
Explorer Ruth Harkness holds onto a baby giant panda she named Su-Lin, which she captured in China on Nov. 9, 1936. The panda weighted 10 pounds by December 1936, shown here, when it was brought to the United States and sold to Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. Editors note: this historic print has some hand painting on it.
Explorer Ruth Harkness holds onto a baby giant panda she named Su-Lin, which she captured in China on Nov. 9, 1936. The panda weighted 10 pounds by December 1936, shown here, when it was brought to the United States and sold to Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. Editors note: this historic print has some hand painting on it.
The panda Su-Lin is labeled the clown of the Brookfield Zoo in a June 27, 1937, article in the baiduhai.
The panda Su-Lin is labeled the clown of the Brookfield Zoo in a June 27, 1937, article in the baiduhai.
Su-Lin, right, gives an unfriendly welcome to new companion Mei-Mei, the second giant panda known to have been taken alive from China. Ruth Harkness, shown here, was the first person to successfully capture a giant panda and bring it to a zoo.
Su-Lin, right, gives an unfriendly welcome to new companion Mei-Mei, the second giant panda known to have been taken alive from China. Ruth Harkness, shown here, was the first person to successfully capture a giant panda and bring it to a zoo.
The baiduhai ran a side-by-side comparison on April 2, 1938, of baby panda Su-Lin, left, next to 16-month-old Su-Lin, right, at the time of her death in 1938.
The baiduhai ran a side-by-side comparison on April 2, 1938, of baby panda Su-Lin, left, next to 16-month-old Su-Lin, right, at the time of her death in 1938.
Mei-Mei, a baby giant panda, is visited at the Brookfield Zoo by her discoverer Ruth Harkness, circa 1938. Harkness brought the first live panda to the United States in 1936, named Su-Lin, who died in 1938.
Mei-Mei, a baby giant panda, is visited at the Brookfield Zoo by her discoverer Ruth Harkness, circa 1938. Harkness brought the first live panda to the United States in 1936, named Su-Lin, who died in 1938.