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(Janet laughs) ‘It’s as easy as walking through a door,’ zoo director Robert Bean says.” D’you remember anything about that?… Read More

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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

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Everyone says, “Who’s that,” and I get to say, “That’s my grandmother.” (Janet laughs) Here’s a couple others. Read More

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Here’s one from 1946 about “zoo fixes electric eye on its elusive monkeys.” That ring a bell?… Read More

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She lived a life that seemed like it was worthy of a movie, going over and then getting animals?… Read More

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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

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What is this one right there, Dad?… Read More

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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

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And how did she end up there?… Read More

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Soemmerring’s. Soemmerring’s, and this is- It was taken in Khartoum in the Sudan. Read More

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Soemmerring’s gazelle. Read More

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Soemmerring’s gazelle?… Read More

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What is it?… Read More

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(laughs) That’s my mother and shoe-billed storks. I am her namesake. It’s Janet. Yeah. Janet Beveridge Bean at this moment, my name exactly. Yes. Read More

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And where was she?… Read More

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And what is that photo of?… Read More

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Were you ever aware of bad record-keeping?… Read More

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That’s the first I’ve heard of that. I don’t know. My father, he wasn’t keeping records there anyway. It was somebody else on staff that would be doing that, I would think. We have a picture here. (staffer speaks indistinctly) Maybe you could hold it up so we could see… Read More

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Was there some reason?… Read More

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Oh, to bring his females to Lincoln Park?… Read More