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| Date: | 02 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo... |
| Date: | 09 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy and girl modeling Manchester's Department Store clothes at the Vilas Park drinking fountain. Included in sleeve is a separate negative overlay negative... |
| Date: | 09 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy and girl at the Henry Vilas Zoo, looking at elephant cage, and donkey cage while getting a drink from the fountain. Taken for Manchesters Department St... |
| Date: | 05 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Bob Dick, WIBA Radio Program Director, interviews Harold Hayes, Director of the Vilas Zoo, at the "coming out" party and birthday of Winkie the elephant. |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Zor Shrine clowns at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 12 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Smokey the monkey is coaxed by veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald and Harold Hayes, zoo director, to have an examination at the Henry Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 12 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald discuss findings shown under the microscope at the Henry Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 12 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Joey the kangaroo is cared for by Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald at the Henry Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 08 06 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... |
| Date: | 08 06 1960 |
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| Description: | A zookeeper poses with a net and three large box traps. Thirty-eight Rhesus monkeys escaped from the basement of the Vilas zoo monkey house on August 4, 19... |
| Date: | 11 25 1960 |
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| Description: | Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tran... |
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