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Baby Camel Born at Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Two men in front of a wall of hay bales posing with a baby camel. The men are Zoo Director Harold Hayes (left) and Bellamy Seals (right, wearing a Zor Shri...
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Girl Scouts at the Louisville Kentucky Zoo with an IH School Bus

Date: 1990
Description: Group of Brownie Girl Scouts and their leader are posing next to an International school bus at the Louisville zoo. In the background zookeepers and childr...
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Deer Park

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Description: A deer park in Wisconsin. The deer are confined behind a high wire fence. Large trees are in the background.
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Tiger at Zoo

Date: 08 1991
Description: Close-up of tiger at a zoo in Milwaukee.
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys Still At Large

Date: 11 25 1960
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...
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys Still at Large

Date: 11 25 1960
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...
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Winkie the Vilas Park Elephant

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Winkie, the Vilas Park elephant, attending a celebration of her third birthday. Attendants accompanying Winkie are Tom Frisch, extreme left; Zoo director H...
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Kurt Gerhart offering some grass to a rabbit at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Bison at Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View of two bison grazing on weeds behind a tall wire fence in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Bison at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: Two young boys watching the lions at Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A family watching the prairie dogs at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A young boy sticking his head through the fence while watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer visiting spot in Madison.
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Mental Patients Visit the Zoo

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person...
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Baby Liama Entertains at the Henry Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 04 24 1963
Description: A baby llama born on April 18th standing with her mother, Eloise, while entertaining visitors at the Henry Vilas Park Zoo.
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Newly Opened Vilas Park Lion House

Date: 02 04 1964
Description: The Vilas Park Zoo is reopened after being closed for six months for redecorating the lion house.
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Vilas Park Zoo's Sicilian Donkey

Date: 02 04 1964
Description: Sicilian donkey at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Zor Shrine Clowns

Date: 07 1954
Description: Group portrait of clowns standing beside and on a car decorated with the Zor Shriners logo. On the front of the car a large horn labeled "Zor Shrine" is mo...
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Vilas Park Zoo Adds Yaks and Hornbills Thanks to Gift from Monona Grove Civics Club

Date: 03 11 1965
Description: The Henry Vilas Zoo now has three yaks and two hornbills for the first time thanks to a gift from the Monona Grove Civics Club. The Tibetan yaks are about ...

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