Caretaker with chimpanzee; photo dated June 18, 1931 (Knecht 1099)

Rev. Oberly and Kuku; photo dated 1934 (Knecht 1097)

Children looking at the bear exhibit; c. 1930s (Knecht 1487)

Formal gardens and pond; c. 1930s (Knecht 1515)

Trainer Robert McGraw with Kuku (left) and Jaycee (right); photo dated 1938 (Knecht 1613)

Photo dated April 24, 1931 (Knecht 1651)

Tourists looking at the new Monkey Ship; photo dated August 16, 1936 (Knecht 1673)

Close-up view of ship (note monkey in the window); photo dated May 21, 1935 (Knecht 1668)

C. 1940s (VC 75)

Photo dated 1933, soon after ship’s construction; main animal house is up the hill in the background (Knecht unindexed)

C. 1980s (14PC 22)

View of ship soon after it was built; c. 1933 (Miscellaneous Collection)

“Wesiba the chimp” christening the new ship; early 1930s (Knecht 1103)

C. 1940s (VC 76)

At far right is trainer Bob McGraw, long-time zoo employee; c. 1930s (Steinback 26)

Zoo employees wearing new uniforms supplied by Karl Kae Knecht in 1935. Standing (l-r) are Clem Frank, Ivo Nelson, and Benny Michlowitz; seated (l-r) are Clem Kevekordes, Superintendent, Robert McGraw, and Bill Emery, “elephant man” (Knecht 1612)

Crowd attending a musical performance at the outdoor theater on the zoo grounds, which was later replaced by Mesker Amphitheatre; c. 1935 (Knecht 1250)

Probably a crew of WPA workers helping to build the new Mesker Zoo; c. late 1930s (Knecht 1523)

School students arriving for a visit to the zoo; photo dated March 1938 (Knecht 1227)