1960 Press Photo Aerial view of the new Milwaukee Zoo - mja87035

Milwaukee-Zoo-Aerial View. This is what country park commissioners and their staff saw in an aerial tour Thursday of the new zoo. The area is bounded by West Mound Road (foreground) on the North, North and South Barnekow Avenue (left) on the east, the Milwaukee road tracks on the south and the North Western road tracks on the west. A lagoon for wildlife is at upper right and the monkey house and island at lower center.

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.