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World's Trade: The Lion's Share Is What McCormick Gets

Date: 1900
Description: Print advertisement for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a giant Lion with its claws on a globe of the earth. The earth bears the words "Wo...
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Circus Lion in a Bathtub

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Description: A circus lion, covered by soapy lather, is bathed in a free-standing bathtub inside a cage.
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Mrs. Emma Winkelman and Lion Cub

Date: 05 08 1933
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Emma Winkelman holding a lion cub on her lap.
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Henry Vilas Zoo Award Presented to Boy

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in...
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Orpheum Player at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 09 11 1930
Description: Orpheum player at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) standing in front of lion cage.
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King Tarz, The Lion

Date: 11 06 1941
Description: King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul...
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King Tarz, The Lion

Date: 11 06 1941
Description: King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Lion Head

Date: 07 16 1972
Description: Metal lion head decoration seen at various entrances of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Lioness with Two Cubs

Date: 12 14 1944
Description: Duchess, the lioness at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), with two newborn cubs, born November 5th.
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Dan Rice Home

Date: 1895
Description: View of the two-story Girard, Pennsylvania home of Dan Rice (1/23/1823 – 2/22/1900), entertainer and circus performer widely regarded as "America's most fa...
Postcard

"Madonna and Child"

Date: 1936
Description: Mother lion cradling her cub at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "Madonna and Child at the Madison, Wis., Zoo."
Print

General Lyon of Missouri

Date: 1860
Description: Caricature of General Nathaniel Lyon that, when viewed horizontally, looks like a lion. Text above reads: "Gen. Lyon, of Missouri." Caption to the right re...
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Lioness At Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: A 2-year old lioness was purchased from a San Francisco firm by the Madison Lions Club and presented to the city of Madison as a gift.
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If I Were A King, You'd Be My Queen, Valentine

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Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with the image of a lion with a blue bow on his tail sitting on a pedestal. He has a crown with a heart on top, which fits int...
Postcard

Caged Lions

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Description: View of a caged lion couple. The female lion is roaring or yawning with her tongue stuck out.
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Commercial National Bank Letterhead

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Description: Numbered letterhead of the Commercial National Bank of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, with a lion's head, names of bank officers, and the legend, "Capital and Sur...
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Mons Anderson Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Mons Anderson of La Crosse, Wisconsin, wholesale and retail dealer in "Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes & Yankee Notions". Featu...
Print

Union Made Beer, Label

Date: 1903
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "International Union of the United Brewery Workmen of America, Union Made Beer, Ale a...
Photograph

Model C-1 Truck with Lion

Date: 1936
Description: Side view of an International C-1 truck owned by Donald Ker, a professional big game hunter, of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. A slain lion rests on the ground in...
Print

Loewen Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Loewen Bräu (Lion Brew) Beer, United States Brewing Co." The label features the silh...

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