Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

8-1964

Description

Vilas Park and Henry Vilas Zoo is located on land donated in 1903 by William and Anna Vilas. It was one of the only accredited zoo’s to offer free admission, as stipulated by the Vilas when they donated the land 100 years ago.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Vilas_Zoo (accessed 18 June 2012)

Rights

This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Zoos; parks; urban parks; aerial; Lake Wingra; Vilas Park;

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