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Interview 9078 – Caption Index: 10

And I did went to Key West, came back. Oh, and Mr. Chute, who was the director at that time, originally came from Boston. He had been a director of the South Boston Aquarium and retained his Boston accent until the day he died. And as he was telling me… Read More

Interview 9078 – Caption Index: 11

Can you tell us a little about that first sojourn into the world of professional fishers?… Read More

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Yeah, well, those collecting trips are really a story unto themselves. We had no real boat. We had small, almost skiffs, and we rented a barge in Miami from Bacchus Towing Company, and put all our equipment on the bars. We had a little house about the size of a… Read More

Interview 9078 – Caption Index: 7

How did you have and develop an interest in fishers?… Read More

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Well, as a kid, I went fishing in a little lake up in Michigan, near Three Rivers, Michigan. It was called Fisher Lake, and my mother was sort of the neighborhood mother. She taught school, and during the summer, she’d go around and gather up a bunch of the neighborhood… Read More

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And he pointed out characteristics of a lot of the fish that we saw. And pretty soon, they were just not things with scales swimming around in the tanks. They were animals who had certain characters that coincided with their body length with their jaw structure. And I said this… Read More

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In zoology. Read More

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And did you serve in the army?… Read More

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Served first of all in the Merchant Marine for 18 months, then came back, and we were supposed to be exempt from further service. And then when the Korean War broke out, they grabbed me again for two years. Very fortunately, I was not sent overseas and it was during… Read More

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And what type of schooling did you have?… Read More

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I went to, I think, a typical Chicago grade school, then for high school, I went to Morgan Park Military Academy and onto Northwestern for college and to George Washington University in Washington DC for a master’s degree. Read More

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And your master’s degree was in?… Read More

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Bill Braker, I was born in Chicago in 1926, long time ago. Read More

Interview 8364 – Caption Index: 708

What could zoos do to enhance their attendance regarding exhibits?… Read More

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Any little tricks?… Read More

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Well, I think keeping your name in front of the press and news agencies as we did for so long, every single Friday, they were sure to be getting a story from the zoo. And that can’t do any harm. Read More

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Oh, yes. Read More

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Where all of a sudden, can you give me one example?… Read More

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I had surprise donations on safaris. I was on safari with the several people over the years and talking zoo business and talking what we saw that day on safari. And before the day was over, they’d hand me a check and say, here, put this in your pocket for… Read More

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Was that million dollars one of the largest gifts that an individual had bestowed on San Antonio?… Read More

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