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Rhesus Monkeys Move to Summer Home

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo).
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Busy B's Dog Circus and International 1200D Truck

Date: 1970
Description: Gloria Peebles (left), animal trainer, Kay Bliss (right), assistant, and their Busy B's canine act performers (11 dogs and 2 monkeys) in front of Internati...
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Busy B's Dog and Monkey Act

Date: 1970
Description: Gloria Peebles' Busy B's animal act featuring a monkey in a rabbit costume pushing a wheelbarrow while a dog looks on through the window of the playhouse.
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Educated Monkeys Show at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: An audience gathers to watch the "Buttons Educated Monkeys" show, one of the attractions televised to the International Harvester tent at the Iowa State Fa...
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Dorothy Phillips, a Capuchin Monkey, and a Bell and Howell Motion Picture Camera

Date: 1922
Description: Original title: "This is one of the rare snapshots which a photographer gets only once in a peagreen moon. Dorothy Phillips, star of Allen Holubar's Th...
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Mrs. Vernon Castle and her Pet Monkey

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in pajamas and sleeping cap enjoying a cantaloupe as part of a posed breakfast in bed with her pet monkey Rastus. This photograph was used to ...

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