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| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Frank Wheeler of Muscoda, a 103-year-old member of the Zor Shrine Temple, takes a camel ride during the annual Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo. The event was spon... |
| Date: | 07 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine members Ray Hewitt and Henry R. Schroeder of Cambridge preparing a camel for children's rides at Madison's Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Zebras in the Berlin zoo stretching their necks for what they think may be a treat. It appears that the man is holding a camera. The photograph was taken b... |
| Date: | 06 1938 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl... |
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| Description: | A deer park in Wisconsin. The deer are confined behind a high wire fence. Large trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Kurt Gerhart offering some grass to a rabbit at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 08 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of two bison grazing on weeds behind a tall wire fence in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Bison at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis." |
| 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 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: | 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: | 03 11 1965 |
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| Description: | The Henry Vilas Zoo now has three yaks and two hornbills for the first time thanks to a gift from the Monona Grove Civics Club. The Tibetan yaks are about ... |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A Grizzly bear is sticking its nose out between the steel bars of a cage at Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A little girl in a puffy dress is peering through the fence for a look onto Monkey Island. |
| Date: | 08 07 1965 |
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| Description: | The original caption states: "This South American Mountain Tapir from Ecuador prancing about his new home at the zoo, where he and his mate made their firs... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | View across fence towards two giraffes standing in an enclosure. The giraffe in the foreground is leaning its head over the fence. Trees and a tall, umbrel... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | View through fence of a tiger walking along the a well worn path at the Henry Vilas Zoo. There is a tree in the left foreground, and more trees and grasses... |
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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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