Brookfield Zoo celebrates 75 years

Vintage pictures from Brookfield Zoo that opened July 1, 1934. Also, check out more recent images of the zoo here.
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A buffalo, a gift of Flying X rodeo, is released in an outdoor pavilion at the Brookfield Zoo on October 8, 1941.

Free to roam

(Tribune archive photo)

A buffalo, a gift of Flying X rodeo, is released in an outdoor pavilion at the Brookfield Zoo on October 8, 1941.