Alligators in the Backyard
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Tourists gawk at alligators at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm: St. Augustine, Florida (1972)
Image Number: C800496
Alligators have always attracted tourists to the Sunshine State. The St. Augustine Alligator Farm opened for business in 1893.
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Showman and alligator expert Ross Allen confronts Pappy the Alligator at Silver Springs: Ocala, Florida (1950s)
Image Number: C673330
Ross Allen was the director of the Ross Allen Reptile Institute at Florida's Silver Springs. Although not a trained herpetologist, Allen was one of the first to document the natural behavior of the American Alligator. He capitalized on the public's fascination with not only alligators, but also snakes and the Florida critters at his popular reptile show. |
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Two men and two women posing with a concrete alligator (1950s)
Image Number: PR00159 |
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Alligator climbing stairway to sliding board in an alligator farm: St. Augustine, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C006699 |
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Alligator show at St. Augustine Alligator Farm: St. Augustine (1980)
Image Number:
C800489 |
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Alligator feeding show: Homosassa Springs, Florida (1970s)
Image Number:
FW00321 |
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Entrance to Gatorland Zoo: Orlando, Florida (19--)
Image Number:
C821811
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Alligator exhibit at Everglades Wonder Gardens: Bonita Springs, (1975)
Image Number:
C682929 |
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Texas Jim Mitchell and O. F. Vischer with alligator at Sarasota Reptile Farm: Sarasota, Florida (1948)
Image Number: C010203 |
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Tropical park: Daytona Beach, Florida (1937)
Image Number:
PC0170
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Visitors at the Tampa Alligator Farm: Tampa, Florida (1917)
Image Number:
RC07085 |
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The queen at the Florida Alligator Farm: Jacksonville, Florida (1913?)
Image Number:
PC0173 |
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The alligator farm: Clearwater, Florida (19--)
Image Number: PC0172
Postmarked December 22, 1947. |
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A hungry alligator at Tropical Hobbyland: Miami, Florida (19--?)
Image Number: PC0186 |
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Entrance to Okalee Indian Village and Craft Center: Hollywood, Florida (1967)
Image Number: C670969 |
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Seminole alligator wrestling at Aquaglades: Dania, Florida (1950s)
Image Number: PC1303
While relations between Seminoles and Gators pre-date the college football teams, the wrestling of alligators by Seminole people dates to the Twentieth Century. Created to satisfy the preconceptions of tourists, this was a tradition invented at tourist attractions in South Florida. For more history, listen to this podcast with alligator wrestler Richard Bowers. |
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Indian boy wrestling alligator at Musa Isle Indian village: Miami, Florida (19--)
Image Number: PC1338 |
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Alligator wrestling at St. Augustine Alligator Farm: St. Augustine, Florida (19--)
Image Number: C681845 |
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"Alligator" boat: Wakulla Springs, Florida (1941)
Image Number: PR10712 |
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