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Children at Vilas Park Fountain
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Boy and girl modeling Manchester's Department Store clothes at the Vilas Park drinking fountain. Included in sleeve is a separate negative overlay negative with the words "'A Hundred to One' It's for You!" Advertisement says "One to Six year olds will find their needs at pleasant low prices in the Baby Shop on the Third Floor."
September 9, 1940
Waste, Elwin G., 1902-1957
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Boy & Girl at Vilas Zoo
September 9, 1940
Boy and girl at the Henry Vilas Zoo, looking at elephant cage, and donkey cage while getting a drink from the fountain. Taken for Manchesters Department Store.
New Drinking Fountain at Vilas Park
July 13, 1931
Children with Fred Winkelmann around the John L. Bourke drinking fountain, designed by Fred Winkelmann, Director of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). The fountain is located at the edge of the ...
Manchester's Store Fountain Room
September 11, 1941
Manchester's Department Store Fountain Room and coffee shop, with people at the counter and in booths.
Visitors at Vilas Park Zoo
circa 1936-1940
Visitors strolling at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo), some looking at the animal cages. This picture by Harold Hone was one of many Wisconsin images made during the 1930s to illustrate "Wisconsi...
Radio Installed at Henry Vilas Zoo
July 1, 1932
Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee.
Henry Vilas Zoo
circa 1936-1940
Several families peer into an animal environment at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). Three small children stand on top of the stone wall and look over the fence that encloses the area.
