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Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map
Map
Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "The Master Plan For Henry Vilas Park Zoo." Includes Lake Wingra, the lagoon, and the playground.
1964
Joint Master Plan Committee of the Madison Board of Park Commissioners (creator); Henry Vilas Park Zoological Society (creator)
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WHi 131546
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Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map
1931
Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "A Popular guide to exhibits at Henry Vilas Park Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin." Includes Lake Wingra, the lagoon, and the playground.
Henry Vilas Park and Zoo Master Plan
January 8, 1965
The new master plan for the Henry Vilas park and zoo is reviewed by Atty. George F. Lange, president of the Henry Vilas Zoological Society, Inc. and Mrs. George F. (Marguerite) Hanson, president of...
Polar Bears at the Vilas Park Zoo
1980
Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far background is Lake Wingra.
Henry Vilas Zoo
1940
A postcard of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) depicting aquatic fowl, with an inset of a sea lion on a rock. Caption reads: "At the Zoo, Madison, Wis." The caption on the back of the card rea...
Henry Vilas Zoo
1918
Two pelicans and other waterfowl on the lagoon in Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
