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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: | 11 10 1931 |
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| Description: | Fred Winkleman holding a new pair of chimpanzees, Nip and Tuck, at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man is feeding two donkeys grass, while a woman is standing next to a child who is sitting on top of a fence watching the donkeys eat. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man are kneeling on the ground watching their young daughter feeding two albino rabbits. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man is holding a gray rabbit, while a woman and her daughter are looking at the rabbit. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | View from inside fenced enclosure of a buck standing near a fence. On the other side of the fence a man and woman are kneeling on the ground next to a youn... |
| Date: | 06 10 1958 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 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: | 08 18 1960 |
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| 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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