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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
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Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 11 18 1948
Description: New Annie the elephant having her chains removed by attendents at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo).
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Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: New Annie the elephant drinks water using her trunk in front of Fred Winklemann, left, retired zoo director, and Harold Hayes, right, present zoo director.
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Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 11 18 1948
Description: Standing around Annie, is, at right: Tim Harrington, city engineer and acting city manager; James Marshall, director of the city parks division, standing n...
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Vilas Park Island Clean Up Campaign

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug...
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Harold D. Hayes with Baby Camel

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) Director Harold D. Hayes posing with a newborn dromedary (one humped-camel).
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Painting the Vilas Zoo Merry-Go-Round

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: Workmen painting the merry-go-round at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Smokey the monkey is coaxed by veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald and Harold Hayes, zoo director, to have an examination at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald discuss findings shown under the microscope at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Joey the kangaroo is cared for by Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
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Zoo Keeper Dale Coyier Washes a Cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Zookeeper Dale Coyier, 2239 Myrtle Street, washes down a monkey cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo. A sign on the cage states "Please help keep these animals heal...
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keeper Almar Baker drags a baby alligator from its winter pen in the lion house basement at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keepers Jess Butler and Dale Coyler carry an alligator from the winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas park zoo.
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Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo

Date: 08 06 1960
Description: Thirty-eight Rhesus monkeys escaped from the basement of the Vilas zoo monkey house on August 4, 1960. Sixteen were captured right away but it took until D...

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