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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Robert Snedigar, curator of reptiles and invertebrates at Brookfield Zoo, wearing a protective mask examines a "bee tree" that is on display at the zoo to show how bees make honey in the forest on October 10, 1950.

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(Tribune archive photo)

Robert Snedigar, curator of reptiles and invertebrates at Brookfield Zoo, wearing a protective mask examines a "bee tree" that is on display at the zoo to show how bees make honey in the forest on October 10, 1950.