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Mexican Snookum Bear (Coati)

Date: 06 03 1931
Description: Jim McWilliams, "Pianutist" vaudeville actor, and Fred Winklemann, Zoo director, with the Mexican Snookum bear (coati), at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Smokey Bear with Girl

Date: 1950
Description: Smokey Bear cub with Judy Bell in front of a fire-prevention poster featuring the character for whom the young bear was named.
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Smokey Bear with Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Smokey Bear cub with a fire-prevention poster bearing his namesake. The poster has three bears, and the text reads: "Please Folks, be extra careful this ye...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity photograph by Gerald Carpenter of Los Angeles. Three-quarter length portrait of Valeska Suratt wearing a white fur suit, hat, and muffler as she ...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity photograph by Gerald Carpenter of Los Angeles. Valeska Suratt lounges in a dressing gown and net undergarments and holds a hand mirror as she sit...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1916
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Suratt wearing a white fur suit as she sits on a black bear rug.
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Holiday Card With Animals Dancing

Date: 1969
Description: Holiday card with three couples of animals dancing; two bears, a seal and a beaver, a fox and a rabbit. They are on a snowbank overlooking the sea with the...
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Walter Lofblad and His Carvings

Date: 08 12 1960
Description: Walter Lofblad, a Cumberland farmer, with miniature Milwaukee Braves figures he carved from basswood. The carved set includes the entire starting lineup, m...
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Film Still of "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on...
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James T. Kelley, Mildred Davis, Harold Lloyd, and Aggie Herring.

Date: 1921
Description: With the aid of a bear skin rug, Harold Lloyd tells an alarming hunting story in a scene still for "Among Those Present." From left to right the actors are...

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