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Tiger Cubs at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 05 25 1932
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...
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Tiger Cubs at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 05 25 1932
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...
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Mastodon

Date: 06 18 1972
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...
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Two Orangutans

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo.
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Don Haack with Ocelot

Date: 04 18 1961
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...
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Tiger with Her Babies

Date: 07 23 1964
Description: Mother tiger sniffing her five-day old sleeping infant twins. The tigers are living at the Henry Vilas zoo.
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Jaguar Cubs at Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 09 03 1964
Description: Two 10-month-old jaguar cubs, a male and a female, are the latest additions to Vilas Park Zoo.
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New Animals are Added to the Henry Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 12 02 1965
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...
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A Place for All People

Date: 09 2013
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...
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Home Decorated with Articles from India

Date: 06 17 1958
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...

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