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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather L. J. Padgham, Schroeder Road, spends time at Vilas Park with his grandchildren (L-R) Jody (2) and Patti (4 1/2), daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jac...
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
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.
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald discuss findings shown under the microscope at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
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Keeping Animals Healthy at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Joey the kangaroo is cared for by Harold Hayes, zoo director, and veterinarian Dr. A.M. McDonald at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
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Zoo Keeper Dale Coyier Washes a Cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Zookeeper Dale Coyier, 2239 Myrtle Street, washes down a monkey cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo. A sign on the cage states "Please help keep these animals heal...
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Winkie the Elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo Enjoys His Chrismas Tree

Date: 12 23 1958
Description: Winkie the elephant at the Henry Vilas Zoo enjoys the Christmas Tree in the lion cage next to his cage. A father and daughter watch as Winkie reaches for t...
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keeper Almar Baker drags a baby alligator from its winter pen in the lion house basement at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keepers Jess Butler and Dale Coyler carry an alligator from the winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas park zoo.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Three zoo keepers move a 45-year-old, one-hundred-fifty pound alligator from its winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo

Date: 08 05 1960
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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Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo

Date: 08 06 1960
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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Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo

Date: 08 06 1960
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...
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New Vilas Park Zoo Llama-Guamaco

Date: 08 18 1960
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...
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Watching Escaped Monkeys

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: Children watching firemen and the zoo director attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. The monkeys escaped from the zoo on August 4th, 1...
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Watching Escaped Monkeys

Date: 11 25 1960
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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Vilas Zoo Tiger

Date: 12 12 1960
Description: A man in front of a tiger in a cage at the Vilas Park Zoo.

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