Interview 26791 – Caption Index: 5
Were animals part of your life?… Read More
Were animals part of your life?… Read More
What did they do?… Read More
Oh, my mother raised five boys, that was her job. And my dad was a banker and he worked in a small bank in Hancock, and Hancock had maybe 2000 people in it. And that was all driven by the copper mines. That was what they did in upper Michigan,… Read More
Dr. Larry Killmar, Hancock, Michigan, November 6th, 1951. Read More
And who were your parents?… Read More
Yeah. (Janet laughs) See, we’re learning a lotta things today. This is great. Oh, and going to the doctor always came in handy because we would end up going to the zoo vet instead to get stitched up or whenever we needed taking care of. So they’re perks, free burial… Read More
No, it wasn’t painful. Hopefully not for you. No, no, this has been great. This has been great. Yeah. Read More
Yeah, he’s buried in the African exhibit. Read More
Oh, really?… Read More
Is he really?… Read More
And I don’t know if that’s the same for me, as well?… Read More
No, I don’t think so. No. I’m trying to remember where we were. Took me straight to the sitter, probably. (Robert laughs) (Janet laughs) “Take that kid. Tell her to shut it.” “Tell her shut up.” Yeah, but Pam did go to the zoo right away. Kind of a family… Read More
Not to be morbid, but he definitely has asked if he could have his ashes spread at Brookfield, so he begins and ends there. It’s been one of his desires. Well, there’s been some great memories. Thank you very much for sharing them with us today. I hope it wasn’t… Read More
Same thing you do now. Maybe, probably. And she’s still very actively involved in animal conservation issues. I feel definitely it was a special environment and it has impacted all of us. I went to school and studied modern African history. The continent of Africa has always been something that,… Read More
The zoo has been a very special part of your life as it has been with your father’s. Yes, we were each brought… I don’t know actually if I was, but I know, Pam, just like Dad, when she was born, the first place she went to was the zoo… Read More
Well, Pam, my older sister, as I said, she probably could, maybe, speak a bit more on living in Birmingham when we lived in the zoo there, because she was a bit older. And I do remember Dad was saying earlier stories. Segregation was a very hot issue there at… Read More
Who knows what I might’ve become had you just taken me to Africa?… Read More
I was in punk rock bands and in trouble a lot. Ellen volunteered all the time. Dad took her to Africa. He didn’t take me. Read More
I was very small. Later on, I got to have really great birthday parties. That was a perk. When dad was at Busch Gardens, we would have parties there, and that was pretty great. And the Swiss House was there at the time, which was a very elegant restaurant, and… Read More
Or not?… Read More