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| Date: | 06 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Winkie, Vilas Zoo elephant, is being led to her summer quarters at the zoo with a large crowd looking on. She is being led by attendants, Gordon Sheets and... |
| Date: | 06 30 1951 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children surround a man with a birthday cake while celebrating the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arrival at Vilas Zoo. |
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| Description: | Children and adults watching the elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph was made by Harold Home as illustration for "Wisconsin: ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This photograph appears in an album assembled by an unknown Madison resident, and it is thought to de... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, is led by zoo keepers to summer quarters with many children looking on during a party to celebrate Winkie's birthday and 2n... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th... |
| Date: | 08 05 1927 |
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| Description: | An elephant appears to be in a tug of war contest with a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor. In the background is a large tent and a group of children wa... |
| Date: | 11 09 1934 |
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| Description: | Adele Nelson's Dancing Elephants. Three elephants (one with a dog standing on top of it) stand at the side of an International truck. There is a large barn... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Pollack Brothers Circus personnel supervise elephants as they exit a trailer pulled by an International DCOF-405 semi-truck parked in a loading area near a... |
| Date: | 04 26 1923 |
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| Description: | Two elephants pull a McCormick-Deering No. 2 manure spreader. One man is sitting on the head of the elephant on the far left, while another man stands on t... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the elephant from Vilas Park Zoo, is led by her keepers from indoor winter quarters to her large outdoor elephant yard. This is the 4th annual "com... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch elephants parade down Main Street. Probably the Ringling Brothers Circus. |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of circus parade with "UNITED STATES" tableau wagon passing through a crowded street intersection. |
| Date: | 06 28 1953 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the Vilas Park elephant, attending a celebration of her third birthday. Attendants accompanying Winkie are Tom Frisch, extreme left; Zoo director H... |
| Date: | 01 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a man riding an elephant on a ridge overlooking a beach with the sun setting in the background. Other men are standing nearby. Below, several boats... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parade of elephants on Pinckney Street, with a man on a horse on the far left, and a crowd of people watching from the sidewalks. The le... |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards Sid, wearing a white coat, white hat, and boots, standing beside an elephant while holding a shovel in his right hand with his r... |
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| Description: | View across sidewalk towards Sid standing and holding a shovel while posing next to an elephant sitting on a bench outdoors. Sid is wearing a white coat, w... |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards Sid, wearing a white coat, white hat, and boots, standing beside an elephant while holding a shovel in his right hand with his r... |
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