Bronx Zoo Birthday Frame Color:Natural These influences are still evident

These influences are still evident in his work today

Roosevelt as he stepped out of the machine

on the countless dinners that were missed by the rabid fans

the inspector was testing what The Times called "a complicated German thing called the Satellite Jet

Justin Bergman wrote for The Times in 2016

Bronx Zoo Birthday Frame Color:Natural These influences are still evidentMeet Pete. (He's the one with the big mouth and the two intimidating molars.) In July 1947, when Times staff photographer Arthur Brower took this picture, Pete was celebrating his birthday with his Bronx Zoo keeper. The 44 year old hippo was, at the time, the zoo's oldest tenant. But even on his birthday, Pete preferred a mouthful of hay and three heads of cabbage to a cake and candles. And while zoo officials were hoping he'd display his diving and