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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two pelicans and other waterfowl on the lagoon in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two young girls looking at the birdcages at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
Photograph

Sea Lions

Date: 
Description: Visitors to the zoo watching two sea lions. Although not internally identified, this image is thought to represent Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). It app...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...
Photograph

Arms Children at a Zoo

Date: 05 01 1966
Description: Paul Arms touching the nose of a donkey through a fence at the Vilas Park Zoo as his sister Rita looks on.
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Arms Family at the Zoo

Date: 05 01 1966
Description: The Arms family posing together in front of an animal enclosure at Vilas Park Zoo. From left to right are Lewis Arms, and his children Paul Arms, Mamie Arm...

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