Sunday Stunner

Brookfield Zoo, October 1979. It was not uncommon to see a Snow Leopard at the zoo.

Glance

Brookfield Zoo, 1966. Avoid direct eye contact with strangers.

A Sunday Encounter

Brookfield Zoo, 1967. I get a closer look at that baby leopard.

Leopard Spots

Lithuania, 1923. Here's a friend of Ron's family posing in her favorite winter coat. What thoughts crossed her mind?

Thanks to my friend Ron for making this photo available to us.

A Strategy for Visiting the Children's Zoo

If you get to the Children's Zoo early on a Sunday morning—when everyone else still is at church—then you can have the petting area all to yourself.

Brookfield Zoo, September 1967. That's adorable; but is that a baby leopard I see behind the beehive?

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Brookfield Zoo, September 1967. I can barely contain my excitement.

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Brookfield Zoo, September 1967. It was fun, of course, always to hold the "regular" Children's Zoo animals, like the white rabbit ....

... the mellow donkey ...

... and the billy goat.