Marlin Perkins & Jim Hurlbut filming a Zoo Parade episode

Photo courtesy of the Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District Archive.

Zoo Parade

An American television program broadcast from 1950 to 1957 that featured animals from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The show was broadcast on Sunday afternoons on NBC.

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

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Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1950

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1952. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

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In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

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Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1956

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1956. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

7 slides

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

Gallery | Zoo Parade

Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1955

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1955. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

12 slides

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

Gallery | Zoo Parade

Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1954

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1954. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

25 slides

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

Gallery | Zoo Parade

Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1953

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1953. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

20 slides

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

Gallery | Zoo Parade

Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1952

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1952. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

30 slides

In Memoriam

Mar 28, 1905 - Jun 14, 1986

Gallery | Zoo Parade

Episodes of Zoo Parade from 1951

Archival episodes of Zoo Parade from 1951. The series, which starred Lincoln Park Zoo’s director Marlin Perkins, was the first animal program in the history of television.

37 slides

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