click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W011QGP
WHi 42391
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Vilas Park Zoo Camel Rides
July 11, 1954
Zor Shrine members with their camels at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. The shriners give rides to children every Sunday morning on their camels, housed at the zoo.
Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo
July 11, 1954
A five-day-old camel is introduced to the crowd during Camels' Day at Henry Vilas Zoo.
Vilas Park Zoo Camel Rides
July 11, 1954
Zor Shrine member Harold L. Lautz holding the reins of a camel waiting for the next child wanting a camel ride at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo.
Vilas Park Zoo Camel Rides
July 11, 1954
Zor Shrine member Henry R. Schroeder giving a boy a camel ride at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo.
Buffalo at Henry Vilas Zoo
June 14, 1955
Close-up of a buffalo in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
Harold D. Hayes with Baby Camel
July 2, 1951
Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) Director Harold D. Hayes posing with a newborn dromedary (one humped-camel).
