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Zoo Parade (1950)
Visiting Marlin Perkins on a Zoo Parade1956 broadcast
I had worked as a Broadcast TV Studio Engineer from May 1953 September 1956 that carried the Zoo Parade program. I Then went on Active Duty with the Navy Reserve. I was sent to Great Lakes Navy Training Center north of Chicago. On a Sunday afternoon, I went to the Lincoln Park Zoo and was welcomed to watch the broadcast. Marlin Perkins and his announcer Jim Hurlibit talked and displayed various reptiles. The TV show was broadcast from the basement of one of the animal buildings. After the program, I had a photo taken of me with Marlin, holding a small turtle, and Jim. I still have that picture. In 1999, I was in Carthage Missouri at the library to find and visit my great great grandmother's grave. In the city park, there is a statue and plaque of Marlin that I photographed in the city where he was born.