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Vilas Park Zoo Camel Rides

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: Zor Shrine member Henry R. Schroeder giving a boy a camel ride at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo.
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Boy with Camel Hauling Grain

Date: 07 1952
Description: Boy using a halter to lead a camel carrying a large load of grain on its back, in the vicinity of Ardebil in the Azerbijan province of Iran.
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Zor Shrine Clowns

Date: 07 1954
Description: Group portrait of clowns standing beside and on a car decorated with the Zor Shriners logo. On the front of the car a large horn labeled "Zor Shrine" is mo...
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Free Camel Rides

Date: 1967
Description: Men wearing red fez hats and khaki shirts and pants (the Zor Camel Patrol) are helping a boy get on a camel for a ride around Vilas Park.
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Camel Ride

Date: 1967
Description: Men of the Zor Camel Patrol in Vilas Park are holding the reins of a camel as a boy and girl are sitting on the camel for a ride. A line of people are stan...
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Waiting for a Camel Ride

Date: 1967
Description: Children are waiting in a line behind a fence for their turn to ride a camel. Two children are sitting on a camel as men of the Zor Camel Patrol are leadin...
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Zor Camel Patrol

Date: 1967
Description: Low angle view of two children riding a double humped camel at the Henry Vilas Zoo. Men from the Zor Camel Patrol are wearing red fez hats and khaki shirts...
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Girl Riding a Camel

Date: 1967
Description: Low angle view of a man wearing the uniform of the Zor Camel Patrol leading a young girl on a camel.
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Kiddie Train, Vilas Park Zoo

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Description: View of people riding the Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo. People behind the train are standing and watching the train near a fence, and there is a came...
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back...

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