Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 655
What is this one right there, Dad?… 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
And how did she end up there?… 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
What is it?… Read More
Soemmerring’s gazelle. Read More
Soemmerring’s gazelle?… Read More
(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
And where was she?… Read More
And what is that photo of?… Read More
Were you ever aware of bad record-keeping?… Read More
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
Was there some reason?… Read More
Yeah. Right, so there was that. Well, the impasse there. Zoos weren’t as cooperative, regardless of who the directors were. A gorilla, that’s money in the bank, having a gorilla. Well, Bushman was known all over, bid dude. Now, when your grandfather was at Brookfield Zoo, he kept pretty good… Read More
Oh, to bring his females to Lincoln Park?… Read More
to meet the two females. Little party. any of that, ’cause he didn’t wanna give up his star. And I don’t think, probably, Robert would either. Read More
(Janet chuckles) But he didn’t like Marlin’s showbiz. He was too fancy-pants. So there wasn’t as much of a rivalry. No, they probably never spoke to each other during it. We just knew that he was sneaking out. He was like a kid smoking cigarettes. (Janet laughs) When I was… Read More
Yes. (Janet chuckles) Tell me about it. not to like Marlin Perkins. He didn’t think he was… He wasn’t showbiz enough, or maybe, he was too showbiz. But he is like, “I wouldn’t waste my time watching that silly show,” “Zoo Parade.” Then all of a sudden, we started noticing… Read More
(Robert chuckles) I don’t know. How I’m remembered. That I was at least a fair person who gave a damn. That time was during my- Bob, question: I understood that there might have, at one time, been a rivalry between Marlin Perkins at Lincoln Park Zoo and your father at… Read More
Was there any truth to that?… Read More