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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Eugene and Magda Herzberger (at left) with friends in the Negev region of Israel. They pose near a camel held on a tether by a man, possibly of Bedouin des... |
| Date: | 07 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) Director Harold D. Hayes posing with a newborn dromedary (one humped-camel). |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | A Zor Shrine camel and its newly born baby at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Algerian National Liberation Front members posing with a dead camel. The men are wearing turbans and loose, light clothing. The camel has been skinned. Beh... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Frank Wheeler of Muscoda, a 103-year-old member of the Zor Shrine Temple, takes a camel ride during the annual Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo. The event was spon... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine Potentate Laurien J. Caldwell of Janesville christens a new camel named Najme during the annual Camels' Day at Henry Vilas Zoo. A four-foot tall... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | A five-day-old camel is introduced to the crowd during Camels' Day at Henry Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine members Ray Hewitt and Henry R. Schroeder of Cambridge preparing a camel for children's rides at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine member Henry R. Schroeder giving a boy a camel ride at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine member Harold L. Lautz holding the reins of a camel waiting for the next child wanting a camel ride at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine members with their camels at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. The shriners give rides to children every Sunday morning on their camels, housed at the z... |
| Date: | 03 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Two men in front of a wall of hay bales posing with a baby camel. The men are Zoo Director Harold Hayes (left) and Bellamy Seals (right, wearing a Zor Shri... |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 12 1957 |
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| Description: | Bellamy Seals with Zor Shrine camel, Saleem. They will be in two parades at the upcoming Shrine Convention in Minneapolis. In 1953 Saleem broke loose durin... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Journalist Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin is riding a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. He was honored for his work w... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson atop a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Shriners in their fezzes are belo... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Alice in Wonderland, Doris Olsen of Brooklyn, is sitting on a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Shriners in the... |
| Date: | 08 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Red-headed Mary Spoerl getting up nerve to ride a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. She is disabled and is bein... |
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