Forest Park Zoo

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20038235

Description

Gilmore Fry is the new monkey trainer at the Forest Park Zoo. He and his little animal family moved in last week. His household consists of a spider monkey, a pigtail monkey, and a nervous baboon. Mr. Fry and his animals put on a show every afternoon. He is a Texas barn farm boy and has been showing animals for forty years. He worked in three circuses, twenty state fairs, six carnivals, 500 hundred schools, and one other zoo. Mr. Fry is wearing a dress shirt, necktie, trousers, and suspenders. He is standing in the monkey house.

Archival Date

1941-08

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-965

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Neckties; Suits (Clothing); Zoos; Trainers; Zoo animals; Monkeys