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Brookfield Zoo

Historical Images and Videos from the Brookfield Zoo.

1934 Bear Grottos

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Brookfield Zoo Rhino's circa 1940

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Bean and Monkey

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Bean

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Bill Huizinga w/ baby deer

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Bill Huizinga w/ baby deer

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Brookfield Zoo Seals circa 1936

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Brookfield Zoo Walrus

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Brookfield Zoo Giraffe

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Brookfield Zoo Giant Turtle

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Rabb w/ Okapi calf

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Brookfield Zoo Giraffes

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Brookfield Zoo Mountain Goats

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Rabb w/ okapi

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Rabb with Giraffe

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Brookfield Zoo Planning

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Brookfield Zoo Panda Mei Lan

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Brookfield Zoo Pandas Mei-Mei Su-Lin w/ Ruth Harkness

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Panda with Ruth Harkness

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Brookfield Zoo Large Seal Feeding

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Brookfield Zoo Panda Su Lin

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Brookfield Zoo Panda Su Lin

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Brookfield Zoo Panda Su Lin

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Panda Su Lin w/ Ruth Harkness China 1936

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Brookfield Zoo Rabb w/ walrus

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Brookfield Zoo, also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. It houses around 450 species of animals in an area of 216 acres.

Videos Courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library.

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