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| Date: | 09 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy and girl at the Henry Vilas Zoo, looking at elephant cage, and donkey cage while getting a drink from the fountain. Taken for Manchesters Department St... |
| Date: | 11 18 1948 |
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| Description: | "The new Annie the elephant, left, standing with her forefeet on the rail of her new home at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), greeting her juvenile public... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two young girls looking at the birdcages at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Camel rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) for children, given free by Zor Temple Camel Patrol on Sunday afternoons during the summer. A number of... |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting by Jens von Sivers presented to the zoo by the Provident Savings and Loan Association. The painting shows children riding camels led by... |
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| Description: | Children and adults watching the elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph was made by Harold Home as illustration for "Wisconsin: ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton offers a treat to a squirrel, who is sitting on his knee. They are in Capitol Park; Grace Episcopal Church is in the background on the le... |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | A family watching the prairie dogs at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison. |
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