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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8310]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "City's zoo's baby chimp, Bill, now is grown-up enough to have his own cage and meet the people. So far, zoo visitors haven't given him a chanceto get lonesome. They stand three deep around his cage. The youngster's peering in here are, left to right, Butch Robinson, 5, of 2611 N Shartel; Michael Blaine, 9, 2358 Elmwood; Marvin Lawrence, 9, of 2213 Somerset."
Date: July 12, 1950
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8317]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a clown holoding a chimp holding a ballon, birthday cake at the table, other people in the background, and more)"
Date: October 9, 1966
Creator: Derby, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8316]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A young lady named Lynn literally painted the town pink Sunday to celebrate her first birthday and proved that a girl can have her cake and eat it too. The fridety birthday girl and her 400 little friends lost no time in devouring and sometimes destroying a massive white birthday cake and its dazzling pink icing. Wether they got more in them or on them is to be disputed. Lynn herself set the tone for the pink bedlam,… more
Date: October 9, 1966
Creator: Derby, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8313]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "So you think it was hot Friday? What if you had a thick fur coat, nothing but a towel for shade and a dry hose to slake your thirst? Bill, Lincoln park zoo's chimpanzee, says he thinks the water emergency is acute, but, gosh, how he'd like some running water on his head if the temperature stays above 100 this weekend."
Date: June 12, 1953
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8311]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a chimp in overalls sitting at a table in a chair, table behind it, a family portrait in the background, and more)"
Date: August 3, 1949
Creator: East, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8314]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Chilly chimp, who donned a cap and sweater to face Oklahoma's wintry blast, is Skeeter, the 2-year-old cut-up at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Actually, it was all a gag for the photographer, since Skeeter lives in the zoo's primate building where tropical 70-80 degree temperatures prevail."
Date: January 18, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8309]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Making a monkey of the mayor, or visa versa, provided the Oklahoma City council with some unexpected chuckles Tuesday morning when they convened for their regular weekly session and found a pair of chimps where the mayor and manager ought to be. It was all a gag to focus attention on a $5,000 fund raising campaign to buy two oragutans for the Lincoln Park Zoo, and Mayor Jim Norick got into the act when he removed his o… more
Date: January 26, 1960
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8312]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Ever see a better picture of a shocked chimpanzee discussing a blank-blank-blank-blank-doublecross? Bill, the chilly chimp, may need earmuffs to shut out 20-degree weather at Lincoln Park zoo, but innocent visitors obviously need them worse to ward off his blistering opinion of it all. He is accustomed, he said forcefully, to kinder treatment from the weatherman. And Aren't we all?"
Date: January 12, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1003.0504]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Still holding her chain, Annette peeps through the bars of her permanent home, as Josephine, who acted like a lady, looks on from outside. Deceased 2-2-56"
Date: June 12, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1003.0502]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Trembling from fright, Annette, the chimpanzee, clings to Uncle Leo Blondin, zoo keeper, as he starts to remove her from the hospital barn to permanent quarters. Deceased 2-2-56."
Date: June 12, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1003.0503]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Shortly after she had bitten Uncle Leo on the right hand, Annette begs for a drink from his medicinal alcohol bottle, still refusing to surrender her chain, held in the hand not in sight. Deceased 2-2-56"
Date: June 12, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1003.0511]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Annette (Deceased 2-2-56), 20-year-old chimpanzee at Lincoln park zoo which proudly held her 2-day-old babe on display Wednesday afternoon for a Times photographer, was in mourning Thursday."
Date: February 18, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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