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| Date: | 05 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Tiger cubs, Apollo and Hercules, standing in a cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), purchased through a fund drive by The Capital Times and... |
| Date: | 05 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Tiger cubs, Apollo and Hercules, reclining in a cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), purchased with a fund drive by "The Capital Times" and RKO th... |
| Date: | 06 18 1972 |
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| Description: | A Mastodon Americanus Cuvier on display in the Science and Natural History Museum in Science Hall on Langdon and Park Streets at the University of Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Leopard in a cage at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). |
| Date: | 09 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Richard and Ruth Shackleford posing with a prize white mink outside of the small animal house at 2105 Herrick Drive. Richard, a member of the U.W. genetics... |
| Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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| Description: | Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 04 18 1961 |
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| Description: | Don Haack, co-manager of Robert Haack Diamond Importers, holds a four-month old male ocelot found in a South American jungle after its mother was shot by n... |
| Date: | 07 23 1964 |
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| Description: | Mother tiger sniffing her five-day old sleeping infant twins. The tigers are living at the Henry Vilas zoo. |
| Date: | 09 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Two 10-month-old jaguar cubs, a male and a female, are the latest additions to Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 03 11 1965 |
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| Description: | The Henry Vilas Zoo now has three yaks and two hornbills for the first time thanks to a gift from the Monona Grove Civics Club. The Tibetan yaks are about ... |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | The original caption states: "This South American Mountain Tapir from Ecuador prancing about his new home at the zoo, where he and his mate made their firs... |
| Date: | 12 02 1965 |
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| Description: | New animals are added to the Henry Vilas Park Zoo according to zoo director, Alvie Nelson. Two cowardly, laughing hyenas are residents in the lion house. T... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | View across fence towards two giraffes standing in an enclosure. The giraffe in the foreground is leaning its head over the fence. Trees and a tall, umbrel... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | A mural of a hummingbird, a robin, a fox, a cat, a frog, a mouse, and a turtle together in a lush grove. The mural is on the wall at the neighborhood cente... |
| Date: | 10 27 |
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| Description: | View through fence of a tiger walking along a path in an enclosure at the zoo. |
| Date: | 06 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Agatha Fowlkes, wearing a sari, sits in her den which is furnished completely with articles from India. The leopard rug was made from the skin of an animal... |
| Date: | 02 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Animals at the Henry Vilas Zoo keep active during winter weather. |
| Date: | 08 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Eloise, a part llama and part guamaco breed and a new resident at the Vilas Park Zoo. She had been a pet of the Katz family of Racine. A man is standing ne... |
| Date: | 12 12 1960 |
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| Description: | A man in front of a tiger in a cage at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
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