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Photograph or image of Martha: Martha the last passenger pigeon.

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Martha

A Memory Realm virtual pet garden honoring Martha, remembered for Extinction history, Conservation, Cincinnati Zoo.

1885 - 1914Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Photograph or image of Martha: A passenger pigeon Martha (named after Martha Washington), the last survivor of an American species that numbered in the millions
A passenger pigeon Martha (named after Martha Washington), the last survivor of an American species that numbered in the millions prior to the 1880's, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in Unknown author Unknown author, http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_11640, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Martha Is Remembered

Martha is remembered for extinction history, conservation, cincinnati zoo. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this passenger pigeon remains part of animal, cultural, scientific, or public memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Pet Garden in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm pet garden turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D pet garden connected to Martha.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States is used as a broad spatial reference for this pet garden because it is connected to Martha's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Martha is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem and witnessing Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Photograph or image of Martha: The last Passenger Pigeon Martha during skinning. Skinned head, neck and trunk of Ectopistes migratorius; nat. size. The reversed

The last Passenger Pigeon Martha during skinning. Skinned head, neck and trunk of Ectopistes migratorius; nat. size. The reversed skin attached to the base of the mandibles. Humeri

Schufeldt, R. W., https://archive.org/stream/jstor-4071611/4071611#page/n1/mode/2up, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Photograph or image of Martha: The last Passenger Pigeon Martha as a mounted specimen.

The last Passenger Pigeon Martha as a mounted specimen.

Shufeldt, Robert W., Shufeldt, Rober W., Published figures and plates of the extinct passenger pigeon . Scientific monthly, v. 12, no. 5, May 1921, p467. Online: Archive.org, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Photograph or image of Martha: Neck and trunk of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) (same specimen). Skull and associated parts anterior

Neck and trunk of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) (same specimen). Skull and associated parts anterior to aural apertures have been cut away. Hyoidean ap

R.W. Schufeldt, Schufeldt, R. W. (1915). Anatomical and other notes on the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) lately living in the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens. Auk 32(1): 29-41. https://archive.org/details/jstor-4071611, Public domain, via Wikimedia C

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