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White rhinos and giraffes eating at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Image Number

COM02477

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.

White rhinos and giraffes eating at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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White rhinos and giraffes eating at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Subject

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--Food

Zoo animals--Food

Plains animals--Food

Giraffe--Food

Rhinoceroses--Food

Ceratotherium--Food

White rhinoceros--Food

Captive white rhinoceroses--Food

Perissodactyla--Food

Creator

Gaines, James L.

Date

1974

Contributor

Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Identifier

COM02477

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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. White rhinos and giraffes eating 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/93286>, accessed 20 June 2026.

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Gaines, James L. White rhinos and giraffes eating 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/93286>

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(State Archives of Florida/Gaines)

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White rhinos and giraffes eating at the Lion Country Safari amusement park in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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