Early 1900s
A zookeeper and a young visitor with a hippopotamus at the St. Louis Zoo in the early 20th century.

“Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle



































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