(Janet laughs) Well, what about… Your grandfather, he looks kind of kind. Oh, yeah, he wasn’t as kind as he looks. (Janet laughs) It’s like you. He had a reputation of firing people on the spot for no good reason and then raising hell with ’em the next day because… Read More
(Janet laughs) Well, that’s not nice, is it?… Read More
No, I don’t know what that is. I like that they have little cartoons for the monkeys. We have one here, “30th Birthday, Brookfield Zoo,” with photos of Robert Bean and Edward Bean. Don’t know if that rings a bell there. It looks like a… Looks like he’s part of… Read More
No, I was… “Instead of bare-hand cavorting around and about the monkey island cliffs, attendants will try to catch the animals scientifically. Read More
No. ’46?… Read More
(Janet laughs) ‘It’s as easy as walking through a door,’ zoo director Robert Bean says.” D’you remember anything about that?… Read More
That’s always a funny one. Oh, that’s a shoebill. Shoebill. This always was just sitting in the house, and there’s another one of your mom that’s taken in Egypt, also. Yeah, there’s one taken from the pyramids. From the pyramids, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I love that one. Now that’s in… Read More
Everyone says, “Who’s that,” and I get to say, “That’s my grandmother.” (Janet laughs) Here’s a couple others. Read More
Here’s one from 1946 about “zoo fixes electric eye on its elusive monkeys.” That ring a bell?… Read More
She lived a life that seemed like it was worthy of a movie, going over and then getting animals?… Read More
Yeah. she’d end up having to take care of them, primarily because your dad may’ve been a little too much in his cups (chuckles) at various times. too early. Cocktails too early, so Janet would take over. Read More
What is this one right there, Dad?… Read More
Soemmerring’s. Soemmerring’s, and this is- It was taken in Khartoum in the Sudan. Read More
It’s (indistinct), I think. She was helping him. They were shipping animals to Brookfield outta the heart of Africa. I remember seeing itineraries for trips like that in the manifest from the ship and the menus from the ship, and they would be these remarkable beautiful detailed menus, and it… Read More
And how did she end up there?… Read More
What is it?… Read More
Soemmerring’s gazelle?… Read More
Soemmerring’s gazelle. Read More
And what is that photo of?… Read More
And where was she?… Read More