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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They're off and scampering at Brookfield Zoo as one of six polar bear cubs gets a head start on mates as they are released from shipping crates. The sextet was flown from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ready! Set! Go!

(Tribune archive photo / May 10, 1962)

They're off and scampering at Brookfield Zoo as one of six polar bear cubs gets a head start on mates as they are released from shipping crates. The sextet was flown from Copenhagen, Denmark.