Blast from the Past

In the good old summertime. A diving class held in the old polar bear pool at the National Zoological Park. In attendance are keeper Tom Munte, pathologist Richard Montali, Smithsonian diving instructor Joe Libbey, keeper Ed Smith, veterinarian Mitchell Bush, invertebrate exhibit coordinator Jaren Horsley, keeper Alan Peters and veterinarian Lyndsay Phillips. (Photo by Jessie Cohen, 1987)

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