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| Date: | 06 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Jane and Jone Johnson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls, in front of the Polar Bear cage at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | View of Monkey House. On the lawn are flamingos, and in the background is a bear at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Photograph taken by Edwin Proctor. To... |
| Date: | 10 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person... |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A Grizzly bear is sticking its nose out between the steel bars of a cage at Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | View of polar bears in their habitat at the Vilas Park (Henry Vilas) Zoo. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A photographic postcard described on the reverse: "A black bear in the Wisconsin north woods." |
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| Description: | View towards a black bear walking up a road. Text reads: "Out for a Stroll, Greetings from Mercer, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A black bear is approaching the front of the parked 1935 Oldsmobile sedan owned by the photographer. There are conifer trees in the background. The photogr... |
| Date: | 08 11 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption from photocopy of newspaper article reads: "What with Will Rogers suggesting that Matanuska colonists need a polo team, maybe you have been wonderi... |
| Date: | 08 02 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption with negative: "Mrs. Pakonen holding the font[sic] paw of the bear, which weighed about 400 pounds. Pakonen said its hide was nice[sic]. It's again... |
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