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  1. P-0015.01 - ZOO / MONUMENTS & STATUES

    ZOO MONUMENTS AND STATUES 3 - Statue of kangaroo, monkey and lions that advertised Hershey Park Zoo. This particular statue was at Elm Avenue and Governor Road. There were other such statues - one on Chocolate Avenue west of Curry's Mill;

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    ZOO / MONUMENTS & STATUES
  2. P-0019 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS These photos were taken in the early 1940's when the Hershey Zoo had animals from all over the world; 9 - Tiger; 12 - Mountain goat; 15 - A pair of yaks;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  3. P-0019.01 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS These photos were taken in the early 1940's when the Hershey Zoo had animals from all over the world. 13 - Kangaroo; 14 - Pelicans;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  4. P-0019.02 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 7 - Monkey Island at the Zoo - an enclosed outdoor area for the visitors to enjoy their antics;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  5. P-0019.03 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 17 - A tiger wandering around the area outside his indoor home in the 1930-40's Hershey Zoo; 18 - A pair of wild turkeys wondering around the grounds of the zoo;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  6. P-0019.04 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 16 - Various water birds in the large aviary at the beginning of the "Bird House" at Hershey Zoo - leaving the aviary down a long hallway were many other exotic birds from far away places;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  7. P-0019.06 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 11 - A lion looking at the visitors from his outdoor enclosure - the cats enclosures were made with an indoor and outdoor area;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  8. P-0019.08 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS - The Hershey Zoo closed during WWII and all the the exotic animals were moved to other zoos - a few animals continued to live there and were cared for, but the zoo was not in operation. In May, 1978, the North American themed Zoo-America was opened and attached to Hersheypark, where people could visit the zoo for the price of the park ticket, or could visit the zoo separately, without going into the park; 10 - Zoo-America ...

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  9. P-0019.09 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 1 - Looking into the Zoo Aviary;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  10. P-0019.11 - ZOO / ANIMALS

    ZOO ANIMALS 19 - Monkey Island - An outdoor enclosure for the visitors to be able to enjoy the monkey's antics - this was in the period between the closing in 1941 and the opening of the new zoo in 1978; 48 - Local children with newly born lion cubs - l-r - X, Lois Barnhart, X, Janet Magrini, X - this photo was taken in the late 1930's to the early 1940's;

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    ZOO / ANIMALS
  11. P-0022.15 - AERIAL / HERSHEY

    AERIALS - HERSHEY 16 - Early photograph (sometime before 1928) - looking east - to the left of railroad is the zoo, and the YWCA - on the right side of the railroad starting with the Factory and going clockwise along Chocolate Avenue is the Cafe, Fire Station, the Men's Club, the Bank, the Press Building, and the railroad station - on the right top along Chocolate Avenue, starting at the long building across from the Factory which is the ...

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    P-22-16 Axxxx
  12. P-0055.02 - PARK / EARLY SCENES

    PARK - EARLY SCENES 20 - Hershey Park Buildings - 1908; 21 - Deer in Hershey Park Zoo - 1913; 34,57 - Hershey Park open-air amphitheater with audience seated on benches on a hill with the stage at the bottom; 58 - Wooden bridge across the Spring Creek in the Park in the early years;

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    P-55-20  A469
  13. P-0055.03 - PARK / EARLY SCENES

    PARK - EARLY SCENES 42 - Pony Cart ride in the park with the zoo in background;

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    P-55-42 A509
  14. P-0078.13 - PARK / MONUMENTS AND STATUES

    PARK MONUMENT AND STATUES Most photos are of the Park Elk Statue, which was the most photographed scene in the Park. Anyone with a camera took pictures of their friends and/or family at the Elk Statue, which was the first thing they saw when entering the Park; 26 - The Elk Statue in the park in 1947 (The Elk Statue now stands at the entrance to the zoo from inside the Park);

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    P-78-26 A2007.107 Park Monuments
  15. P-0137.13 - PARK / GENERAL

    PARK GENERAL PHOTOS 25,27 - Cactus Gardens in the Park; 26 - Looking north in the Park- on the far left is the roof of the Sports Arena - the building in the center may be the first swimming pool bathhouse (the new pool had been built seven years before the Arena); 28,29 - Unidentified couple and a group of young men posing on a path near Bowling Alley Hill in front of the Park Conservatory; ...

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    P-137-25 A3138.5
  16. P-0187.11 - PARK / ENTRANCE

    PARK ENTRANCES 20 - The elk statue at the entrance to the park in the 1930's - on the left side is the is the building that once was the bowling alleys, which gave Park Avenues hill the name "Bowling Alley Hill", but maybe the Fun house at this time - and on the right is the building that was the entrance to the Zoo and is still in 2012;

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    P-187-20 A3219.1
  17. P-0243.06 - STREETS OF DERRY TOWNSHIP / TRINIDAD AVENUE

    TRINADAD AVENUE 8 - Trinidad Avenue looking north from the Zoo area in 1910-1929 time period - notice the wooden foot bridge that lead to the factory - Trinidad Avenue was along the zoo area and in this photo you can see four doe(s), a stag and a fawn;

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    P-243-8 A2376
  18. P-0266.04 - CHOCOLATE CO / CORP / FOODS - EXTERIOR GENERAL

    FACTORY - EXTERIOR GENERAL 5 - Facing south east across railroad tracks, toward the Factory; The Chocolate Factory Building is under construction around the 1910's. In the center are railroad cars on the track. This is about where the train wreck of October 11, 1923 took place and the cars crashed down the embankment. At the bottom of the third smoke stack from the right is a sign that reads "HERSHEY" and on the end of the low buil...

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    P-0266-5 A605
  19. P-0313 - PANORAMA / HERSHEY FROM TRINIDAD AVENUE

    PANARAMA FROM TRINIDAD AVENUE 1 - The view of the downtown looking south from the house of R. F. Von Nieda on Trinidad Avenue - with the roof of the Monkey House in foreground - buildings across the middle of photo are - l-r - Fire Company, Men's Club, Bank ( just in front of the bank is the Train Station), a corner of the Press Building and the YWCA;

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    P-313-1 A579147
  20. P-0683 - PARK / UNIFORMS - ZOO

    HERSHEYPARK UNIFORMS 1,2,3 - Zoo keepers;

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    P-683-1 A1438.2

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