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Tillie Twine Chases Away Mice and Insects

Date: 1949
Description: Promotional advertisement available through the International Harvester Advertising Service for use by International Harvester dealers, part of the 1949 Tw...
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"Blessed Are The Meek" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1968
Description: Editorial cartoon of dolphins in the water watching a mushroom cloud explode on the horizon. The drawing is titled, "Blessed Are The Meek: For They Shall I...
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Tiger at Zoo

Date: 08 1991
Description: Close-up of tiger at a zoo in Milwaukee.
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Edgar Krueger with a Skunk

Date: 12 1905
Description: Edgar Krueger holding onto an animal trap, hanging from a tree branch, with a dead skunk trapped by a front paw. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Examining Trapped Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Alexander Krueger holding up a mink that Edgar Krueger trapped. Edgar is standing next to him looking at the mink while holding his rifle.
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Edgar Krueger Posing with his Catch

Date: 1913
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with a skunk he caught. The skunk is hanging from the rifle he has resting on his shoulder.
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Displaying his Catch

Date: 1913
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with a mink he trapped. He is looking down at the mink, which he is holding up against the house, while holding his rifle in the other...
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Hippopotamus

Date: 1910
Description: View of a hippopotamus taken from a boat tour on the Zambezi River during Carrie's trip to South Africa.
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Tiger Trap

Date: 1910
Description: During her visit to Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt. The men of the village built large wooden traps for the tiger, seen here with men posed around it...
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Tiger after Hunt

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men who have taken the tiger out of the trap. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie describes a tiger hunt which occurred while she was visit...
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People around Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: In her journal from China, Carrie writes that most villages have "one wagon, which is used for carrying the people, supplies, and our luggage." She talks a...
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Men with Tapirs

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men after a hunt. The man on the left is carrying a Tapir and the man next to him is holding a baby Tapir. Four of the men are holding ro...
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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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Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
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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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Vilas Park Zoo Adds Yaks and Hornbills Thanks to Gift from Monona Grove Civics Club

Date: 03 11 1965
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 ...
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Vilas Zoo Animals

Date: 08 07 1965
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...
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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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