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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date:	1918
Description:	Bear pits at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911, with a polar bear in the nearest display area.

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Mental Patients Visit the Zoo

Date:	10 20 1961
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...

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