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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion. |
| Date: | 05 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Zookeepers releasing rhesus monkeys to the island that serves as their summer home at the Washington park zoo (later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo). |
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| Description: | Washington Park Zoo yak exhibit. The park was later replaced by the Milwaukee County Zoo. |
| 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: | 11 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Veterinarians examining Samson, the Milwaukee Zoo's star 32-year-old gorilla, after attempting to revive him after he had collapsed while feeding in the zo... |
| Date: | 12 13 1985 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T... |
| Date: | 06 21 1957 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach. |
| 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: | 04 07 1968 |
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| Description: | Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park. |
| Date: | 09 20 1988 |
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| Description: | A father gives his young son archery pointers in Kletzsch Park while his daughter looks on. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in... |
| Date: | 08 02 1963 |
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| Description: | Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo. |
| Date: | 08 28 1889 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee, drawn from sketches and photographs for the "Milwaukee Daily Sentinel," with insets of Schlitz Park and the Pabst Brewing Com... |
| Date: | 08 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Group plays cards underneath the shady trees in Mitchell park. |
| Date: | 06 23 1963 |
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| Description: | Boy hits second base while baseman comes down from catching a high throw. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Sunbathers relax on the piers at the swimming park on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Union Depot with clock tower. The railroad station with clock tower is behind a park. Horse-drawn vehicles are near the entrance. Caption reads: "Union Dep... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th... |
| Date: | 06 23 1983 |
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| Description: | Aimee Weiss(left), 10, and Darby Cusick, 11, both of Elm Grove, take a spin Thursday on one of the rides at Wirth Park. |
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