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Radio Installed at Henry Vilas Zoo
July 1, 1932
Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee.
New Drinking Fountain at Vilas Park
July 13, 1931
Children with Fred Winkelmann around the John L. Bourke drinking fountain, designed by Fred Winkelmann, Director of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). The fountain is located at the edge of the ...
Mexican Snookum Bear (Coati)
June 3, 1931
Jim McWilliams, "Pianutist" vaudeville actor, and Fred Winklemann, Zoo director, with the Mexican Snookum bear (coati), at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
Mexican Snookum Bear (Coati)
June 3, 1931
Mexican Snookum bear (coati) on leash, in a cage in the Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
Henry Vilas Zoo Award Presented to Boy
October 5, 1931
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 the picture are: Irving Edwards, Master o...
Tiger Cubs at Henry Vilas Zoo
May 25, 1932
Tiger cubs, Apollo and Hercules, standing in a cage at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), purchased through a fund drive by The Capital Times and RKO theaters.
