Well, at the time I thought the zoo was a very exciting kind of place, it was full of strange and wondrous creatures. It was staffed by a group of personalities. The people that worked at Lincoln Park Zoo were a cross section of animal lovers. There were some people there that had academic background. There were some people that had no academic background. I vaguely recall there were probably some keepers that couldn’t sign their name on a payroll, they would use the literal X. They were people that knew and cared about animals, and they could wield the shovel and a broom, and do whatever was basic cleaning that was needed, cared about their animals, but didn’t go very far in the professional area. The animal collection was diverse.
