Photograph
Watching Escaped Monkeys
| Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tranquilizer gun. The monkeys escaped from the zoo on August 4th, 1960, along with 36 other monkeys. Sixteen were soon caught but it wasn't until December 5th that these last two were captured. |
| Image ID: | 143241 |
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| Creation Date: | 11 25 1960 |
| Creator Name: | Stein, Edwin |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Edwin Stein negatives and photographs, 1952-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2709.1170B |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| Published in Wisconsin State Journal on November 26, 1960. One of six images. |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Protective clothing |
| Neighborhoods |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Zoos |
| Fire fighters |
| Firearms |
| Street signs |
| Executives |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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