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| Date: | 05 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Gloria Peebles (left), animal trainer, Kay Bliss (right), assistant, and their Busy B's canine act performers (11 dogs and 2 monkeys) in front of Internati... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Fron... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd watching a monkey ride a horse in a circus parade in town. A man is leading the horse down the unpaved street. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The Primate House at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), built in 1929 and extensively remodeled in 1995. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | View of Monkey House. On the lawn are flamingos, and in the background is a bear at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Photograph taken by Edwin Proctor. To... |
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| Description: | Spectators looking at the Monkey Island at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This is one of many images photographed by Harold Hone for "Wisconsin: A Guide... |
| Date: | 11 25 1960 |
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| Description: | Two Rhesus monkeys are still at large after about four months of freedom. Thirty-three monkeys escaped from a Vilas Park zoo cage on August 4, 1960. Zoo di... |
| Date: | 11 25 1960 |
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| Description: | "Two Rhesus monkeys are still at large after about four months of freedom. Thirty-three monkeys escaped from a Vilas Park zoo cage on August 4, 1960. Zoo d... |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A little girl in a puffy dress is peering through the fence for a look onto Monkey Island. |
| Date: | 10 27 2014 |
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| Description: | A painted sign at the zoo featuring various primates with their arms spread out wide. Behind the sign are trees and a building. |
| Date: | 07 06 1955 |
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| Description: | Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be... |
| Date: | 08 05 1960 |
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| Description: | Thirty-eight Rhesus monkeys escaped from the basement of the Vilas zoo monkey house on August 4, 1960. Sixteen were captured right away but it took until D... |
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