View showing an alligator in Shark Valley at the Everglades National Park.

Title

• View showing an alligator in Shark Valley at the Everglades National Park.

Image Number

• COM08058

Year

• Not after 1996

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection.
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 3, FF35

General Note

• Floridians hoping to preserve at least part of the Everglades first proposed that the area become a national park in 1923. Five years later, the Florida state legislature established the Tropical Everglades National Park Commission to study the formation of a protected area. The U.S. House of Representatives authorized the creation of the new national park on May 30, 1934, but it passed only with a rider that ensured no money would be allotted to the project for at least five years. It was dedicated by President Harry Truman on December 6, 1947. Later, the Everglades National Park was designated an International Biosphere Reserve on October 26, 1976, and then listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 24, 1979.

Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Recreation areas--Florida--Everglades
• Publicity
• Flora and fauna
• Wildlife
• Parks--Florida--Everglades
• Public lands--Florida--Everglades
• Protected areas--Florida--Everglades
• Natural areas--Florida--Everglades
• National parks and reserves--Florida--Everglades
• Outdoor photography--Florida--Everglades
• Wildlife photography
• Reptiles
• Crocodilians
• Crocodylidae
• Alligators
• Nature photography

Geographic Term

• Everglades National Park (Fla.)
• Monroe County (Fla.)
• Shark River Slough (Fla.)

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