Image Number

• COM08052

Year

• 1993

Date Note

• Photographed in March 1993.

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.

Rights

• 

Photographer/Personal Author

• Stewart, H. Milo

Additional Corporate Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Wildlife
• Flora and fauna
• Publicity
• Recreation areas--Florida--Everglades
• Parks--Florida--Everglades
• Public lands--Florida--Everglades
• Protected areas--Florida--Everglades
• Natural areas--Florida--Everglades
• National parks and reserves--Florida--Everglades
• Predatory animals
• Birds of prey
• Falconiformes
• Vultures
• Birds

Geographic Term

• Monroe County (Fla.)
• Everglades National Park (Fla.)

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