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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Postcard

Camels at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1964
Description: Watercolor painting by Jens von Sivers presented to the zoo by the Cuba Club, showing several camels in the yard in front of the camel barn at the Henry Vi...
Photograph

Vilas Park Zoo Camel Rides

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: Zor Shrine members Leo Blaschka of Cambridge and Larry J. Ochigle of Madison preparing the saddle on a camel for children's rides at Madison's Vilas Park Z...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Historical Object

Beautiful Orient

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Three of Hearts displays a drawing of the "Beautiful Orient." Two obelisks f...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Pond and Ole Leaving In Salah

Date: 1925
Description: Alonzo Pond riding a camel named Ole Olson in In Salah, Algeria. There is a Beloit College pennant on the side of the camel.
Photograph

Red Crescent in the Desert

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
Photograph

Red Crescent Caravan

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
Photograph

Loading Supplies Onto Camels

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Description: Loading camels with provisions and entrenching tools.
Photograph

Alonzo Pond Riding Ole Olson

Date: 1925
Description: Alonzo Pond riding a camel named Ole Olson in In Salah, Algeria. There is a Beloit College pennant on the side of the camel.
Photograph

The Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 04 11 1929
Description: View of a display of the truck that crossed the Sahara. There is camel on the far right near the front of the truck. Banners and flags are hanging around t...
Postcard

Street Scene of Circus Animals

Date: 11 06 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Baraboo, Wis." Circus animals walking down a city street. Zebras, Water Buffalo, Cattle and Camels are led by handlers....

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