Photograph
Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo
| Thirty-eight Rhesus monkeys escaped from the basement of the Vilas zoo monkey house on August 4, 1960. Sixteen were captured right away but it took until December 5 to capture the rest. Vilas Park zookeeper Al Baker is shown up in a tree holding a bottle. "He carries one of the apple-baited traps which were wired to branches. When monkeys reach in bottle to get apple, they do not let go. Thus, the monkey cannot get his paw out of the bottle and is trapped." |
| Image ID: | 142729 |
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| Creation Date: | 08 06 1960 |
| Creator Name: | Stein, Edwin |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Edwin Stein negatives and photographs, 1952-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2709.1103C |
| Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
| Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on August 7, 1960. 1 of 3 images. |
| Trees |
| Eyeglasses |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Clothing and dress |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Zoos |
| Professional employees |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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