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| Date: | 11 08 1906 |
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| Description: | Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte... |
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Mexican Snookum bear (coati) on leash, in a cage in the Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Jim McWilliams, "Pianutist" vaudeville actor, and Fred Winklemann, Zoo director, with the Mexican Snookum bear (coati), at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub with Judy Bell in front of a fire-prevention poster featuring the character for whom the young bear was named. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub and his handler, Homer C. Pickens, pose by a Piper Aircraft Corporation airplane named in Smokey's honor prior to flying to Washington, D.C... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub receives treatment from Dr. Edwin J. Smith of Santa Fe, for burns he suffered in a forest fire. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub drinking from a bottle offered by a New Mexico Game Warden, possibly his handler, Homer C. Pickens. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of spectators viewing caged bears at the zoo. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The "Carousel Bear" sitting astride a Farmall Cub tractor at the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. |
| 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: | 12 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Two Alaskan polar bears at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man feeds a bear in a large cage at the Gateway Inn. A group of people are gathered at the right side of the cage. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far backgroun... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1960 |
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| Description: | Walter Lofblad, a Cumberland farmer, with miniature Milwaukee Braves figures he carved from basswood. The carved set includes the entire starting lineup, m... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Milk Coolers. Features a color illustration of a polar bear on an iceberg and a photo of a man putti... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Sales flyer for International Harvester's Farmall tractor line, showing a photograph of three bears and the text: "Three Bears for Work!" Also includes the... |
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