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| Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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| Description: | Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 04 1961 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children, adults, balloons, and bicycles is present at the Fourth of July celebration at Westmorland Park. |
| Date: | 07 04 1961 |
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| Description: | A couple watching a man play tennis at the Tenney Park tennis court. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Two children walking home carrying their costumes following a Dress Up Day celebration at a city playground. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children in costumes line up as three mothers judge their costumes. The finalist contestants are dressed as assorted characters including a hula dancer, an... |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Costumed Jimmy Mick (6) eating a long strand of molten marshmallow at the Hobo Party held in Wirth Ct. Park. |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Soot-smudged Dorothy Phelan (3) eating a charcoal toasted marshmallow at the Wirth Ct. Park Hobo Party. |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Kathy Ellis (4) is shown using an insulated stick to push her marshmallows over the fire at the Hobo Party at the Wirth Ct. playground. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | Two young boys watching the lions at Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | A family watching the prairie dogs at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 12 1961 |
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| Description: | A young boy sticking his head through the fence while watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer visiting spot in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 29 1961 |
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| Description: | Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin is shown trying to get on board a new whirl-a-round at Children's Park at Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The new pl... |
| Date: | 10 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person... |
| Date: | 04 24 1963 |
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| Description: | A baby llama born on April 18th standing with her mother, Eloise, while entertaining visitors at the Henry Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 01 03 1964 |
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| Description: | Jim Remington, 15-years-old, lands after his jump at the junior ski meet at Hoyt park, sponsored by the Blackhawk Ski Club. |
| Date: | 02 04 1964 |
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| Description: | The Vilas Park Zoo is reopened after being closed for six months for redecorating the lion house. |
| Date: | 02 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Sicilian donkey at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 07 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Madison's eastside youngsters participating in a lantern parade held at Tenney Park. The lanterns were constructed as part of the city recreation departmen... |
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