We Love Scrapbooking (the Historical Kind)

 

We’re 75 years young! That’s right: Brookfield Zoo opened 75 years ago (on July 1, 1934 to be exact). Since then, we’ve shared lots of fascinating adventures with our guests and the Chicago Zoological Society has had great successes in education, animal care, and conservation.

 

Probably the best record of our 75 years is the photographic memories of our millions of guests, which is why we’re creating an Online Scrapbook of your photos. So send us your images of your visits to Brookfield Zoo from the last 75 years; the older and more "historical" the better! We’re excited to see every last one of them and we'll try to publish as many as we can on our web site.

 

All you have to do is e-mail your favorite photos (along with contact info and any background on the photos, like the year or decade they were taken) to scrapbook@czs.org. We’ll take up to five per entrant. But even if you send just one, you will be entered into a chance to win a Wild Encounters package, a one-year Family Membership, or one of 10 copies of Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Zoological Society during a special drawing on August 3. Check back after August 3 for a list of winners!

 

The Scrapbook Slideshow is now online and can viewed here.

  • We can take photos in JPEG or PNG formats. 

  • Please try to limit image file size to 1 MB (1,000k) or less

  • Send images to scrapbook@czs.org
  • Include contact info with images sent through email

  • Entries may be submitted through August 2, 2009.

  • Official rules are right here.