Lakewood Farm: The Private Zoo That the Public Loved

Authors

Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Hope CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2010

Publication Source

Michigan History

Volume Number

94

Issue Number

1

First Page

30

Last Page

37

Publisher

Michigan History

ISSN

0026-2196

Abstract

Lakewood Farm: The Private Zoo That the Public Loved is an article concerning the private zoo in Holland, Michigan, that was owned by Chicago coal merchant George Fulmer Getz and helped form the Illionois based Brookfiekd Zoo and John Ball Zoo of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Keywords

George Fulmer Getz, Lakewood Farm, Getz Farm, Getz Zoo, Holland, Michigan, George Getz Jr., Nancy the Elephant, Susan Getz, Hyo Bos, Abraham Peters, Gerrit Kooyers, Harold Streur, John Ball Zoo, American Red Cross, Globe Corporation, Fred Green, Ziegfeld Follies, Wilma Por, Dr. A.R. Metz, Chicago Zoological Foundation, Marvin Ryzenga, Morris Ryzenga, Fred Woodruff, Leroy Woodruff, Vandenberg, Ken and Patti Bing, William Randolph Hearst, Hearst Garden of Comparative Zoology

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Reynolds, Geoffrey D., "Lakewood Farm: The Private Zoo That the Public Loved" (2010). Faculty Publications. Paper 62.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/62

Published in: Michigan History, Volume 94, Issue 1, January 1, 2010, pages 30-37. Copyright © 2010 Michigan History, Lansing, Michigan.