95 years of The Detroit Zoo, in photographs

The Rackham Memorial Fountain was dedicated in 1939. The fountain was named after Horace Rackham, first president of the Zoological Commission.

A crowd gathers for the dedication of the Rackham Fountain at the Detroit Zoo in 1939.

The Detroit Zoo train makes its way around the zoo, March 21, 1939. The railroad was donated by The Detroit News and opened in 1931.

Children photographed with an elephant at The Detroit Zoo in 1946. The Detroit Zoo was among the first large zoos in the U.S. to stop exhibiting elephants for ethical reasons in 2005.

A family take a rest on some benches at the Detroit Zoo, 1948.

A Galapagos turtle photographed at The Detroit Zoo, September 1, 1955.

Young visitors take photographs at the Detroit Zoo, July 13, 1958.

George Bromley, head zookeeper, poses with the zoo's new lion cubs, May 10, 1961.

Penguins have a swim at the Detroit Zoo, 1966.

Zoogoers observe snakes at the Detroit Zoo's reptile house.

A close encounter with a peacock in 1981.

Women push strollers through the Detroit Zoo, July 28, 1985.

A keeper feeding penguins at the Detroit Zoo penguinarium, 1988.

People at the Arctic Ring of Life exhibit at the Detroit Zoo. The exhibit opened in 2001.

The carousel opened at the Detroit Zoo in 2011. The carousel features figures of birds, reptiles, exotic mammals, snakes, snakes, amphibians, insects, fish, seahorses and dinosaurs.

Darius Gray, 5, looks through a magnifier to try to see the giraffes with his grandmother, Kimberly Davis, right, both of Detroit, at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak on Aug. 2, 2016.

An aerial image from early October 1936 shows what the zoo looked like along 10 Mile Road in Royal Oak.

An elephant at the zoo in the the 1920s takes children on a ride.