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| Date: | 09 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy and girl at the Henry Vilas Zoo, looking at elephant cage, and donkey cage while getting a drink from the fountain. Taken for Manchesters Department St... |
| Date: | 03 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Our Lady of Fatima Shrine at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Waunakee including statues of Mary, three children, and three lambs, alternate view. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Phyllis Paulson of Stoughton with the calf she planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. The calf's name was Elsie, perh... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Freddy Lang of rural Dane County with the Guernsey calf he planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Camel rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) for children, given free by Zor Temple Camel Patrol on Sunday afternoons during the summer. A number of... |
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| Description: | Children and adults watching the elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph was made by Harold Home as illustration for "Wisconsin: ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton offers a treat to a squirrel, who is sitting on his knee. They are in Capitol Park; Grace Episcopal Church is in the background on the le... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A barefoot Forest Middleton and his mother, Clara, each hold a dog, while a third dog lies at their feet. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Tootsie, the Middleton family dog, stands with front paws resting on Forest's hip. Forest holds a switch in his right hand and, most likely, a treat in his... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two children pose on a lawn seated on a buggy; one child holds a kitten, and another kitten sits in the wagon near the other child. Two dogs sit on the gro... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner of the Best Garden competition in the Junior Girls category, Catherine L... |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | A family watching the prairie dogs at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison. |
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