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For older generations, animals were mostly viewed in cages at ... the only pandas seen by most Westerners were taxidermied. Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Brookfield Zoo became home to Su-Lin ...
Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...
They piston their legs into a Russian swing — a large, metallic circus contraption ... of hours of vintage footage shot by Ferdinand to include in the documentary. Tony Fercos, in a pool with a lion, ...
The zoo bought its first elephant, Clio, in 1890. In 1889 wealthy lumberman George V. Gress bought a bankrupt circus for its rail cars and wagons. He donated the animals—including a hyena, a ...
As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the circus are there – except one. The live animals have been replaced by holograms. Because of concerns ...