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Russian Farmer with Camel-Drawn Mower

Date: 1910
Description: Russian farmer in a field riding an International Harvester mower drawn by two camels.
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Circus Performers Riding Circus Animals

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Description: Slightly elevated view of circus performers riding camels in the street in a parade.
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Statewide Zor Shrine Ceremonial

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Bellamy Seals (right), captain of the camel patrol, watching as Shrine leader Harold Lloyd tries out one of the camels. The Hollywood producer was in Madis...
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Circus Camels

Date: 1910
Description: Five men in work clothes pose while riding Bactrian camels; three well-dressed men stand near a Dromedary. The group is on a dirt road with houses and util...
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Harold D. Hayes with Baby Camel

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) Director Harold D. Hayes posing with a newborn dromedary (one humped-camel).
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Arab Plowing Sand

Date: 12 30 1937
Description: An Arab man plowing sand with a plow harnessed to a camel.
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People Around Crucifixion, Mt. Scopus in Distance #1714

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. A busy landscape of people, animals, and shelters. Mount Scopus is in the distance. Text at righ...
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Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 11 1954
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...
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Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 11 1954
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...
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Allée de Pyramides

Date: 1890
Description: View down road lined with trees in Egypt. A group of Egyptians are standing and sitting between the trees and the river, and travelers on the road are walk...
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Sphinx de Gizeh

Date: 1890
Description: The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt. Three men are standing or sitting on the shoulder of the Sphinx, and several men are sitting in the shade below with two camel...
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Violet Lee Dousman and Fellow Travelers and Guides

Date: 1896
Description: A group portrait of Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 3rd from left) and her fellow travelers, guides and Egyptians on a trip to Giza, Egypt. Five people are r...
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Baby Camel Born at Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 03 11 1958
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...
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Alonzo Pond Taking Movies of the Market

Date: 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond using a movie camera at the market. Behind him people are walking among a number of camels sitting on the ground.
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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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Conrad Seipp Jr. in Egypt

Date: 01 1909
Description: Three men in western dress riding camels pose with their Egyptian guides in front of the Sphinx at the Giza necropolis, with the Cheops pyramid in the back...
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Man Using Camel-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Right side profile view of a man using a two camels to pull a mower.
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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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