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| Date: | 02 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo... |
| Date: | 08 22 1963 |
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| Description: | "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Man delivering a stack of Boston Herald newspapers from an International C-series truck parked along the curb in the downtown Boston area at Boston Common.... |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park. |
| Date: | 03 12 1935 |
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| Description: | Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence... |
| Date: | 05 18 1934 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of East Washington Avenue taken from an upper level of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shows the First National Bank Building, American Exchange... |
| Date: | 03 31 1933 |
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| Description: | Lois Montgomery, standing next to the railing around the Wisconsin State Capitol, modeling a coat and Fez hat from Baron Brothers Department Store, 14 W. M... |
| Date: | 07 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee. |
| Date: | 11 10 1931 |
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| Description: | Fred Winkleman holding a new pair of chimpanzees, Nip and Tuck, at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Jim McWilliams, "Pianutist" vaudeville actor, and Fred Winklemann, Zoo director, with the Mexican Snookum bear (coati), at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 10 13 1927 |
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| Description: | Scenic view of outlet of Lake Mendota near Tenney Park and Yahara River. |
| Date: | 10 15 1927 |
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| Description: | Scenic view of outlet of Lake Mendota near Tenney Park and Yahara River. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View of the Tower at Roselawn Memorial Park. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Children fishing and playing in the water at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A woman stands on the running board of an International D-40 truck to feed a captive giraffe in transport. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of th... |
| Date: | 06 27 1978 |
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| Description: | Candid view of the Reverend Jim Wright sitting outdoors at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A boy looking through a pay binocular stand in Battery Park. Graffiti makes the device seem to smile and young trees grow in the background. |
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| Description: | Sid posing with a clay model of Sambo, one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's gorillas during the 1950s. Sid is wearing a suit and has a cigar in his mouth. Beh... |
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