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Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Image Number

COM02466

Photographer

Gaines, James L.

Date

1974

Date Note

Photographed in June 1974.

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Collection

Department of Commerce collection
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF73

Additional Creator

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Additional Creator

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Lion Country Safari was the nation's first drive-through "cageless" zoo when opened in 1967.

Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Subject

Parks--Public use

Service industries--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Tourism--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Attractions--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Recreation areas--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Amusement parks--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Open-air zoos--Florida--Palm Beach County--West Palm Beach

Captive wild animals

Zoo animals

Perissodactyla

Ceratotherium

White rhinoceros

Captive white rhinoceroses

Rhinoceroses

Creator

Gaines, James L.

Date

1974

Contributor

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Identifier

COM02466

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Date Note

Photographed in June 1974.

Geographic Term

Palm Beach County (Fla.)

West Palm Beach (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Department of Commerce collection

Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF73

General Note

Lion Country Safari was the nation's first drive-through "cageless" zoo when opened in 1967.

Subject - Corporate

Lion Country Safari (Animal park : West Palm Beach, Fla.)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Gaines, James L. Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida. 1974. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/93275>, accessed 20 June 2026.

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Gaines, James L. Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida. 1974. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/93275>

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(State Archives of Florida/Gaines)

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Visitors driving by White rhino at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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