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Listen: The FolkFolk ProgramGovernor Claude Kirk with a red elephant and a donkey at the Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven.
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Publicity photographs
Service industries--Florida--Winter Haven
Tourism--Florida--Winter Haven
Attractions--Florida--Winter Haven
Amusement parks--Florida--Winter Haven
Donkeys
Elephants
Public officers
Politicians--Florida--Winter Haven
Governors--Florida--Winter Haven
Statesmen--Florida--Winter Haven
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General Note
Founded in 1936 by Dick and Julie Pope, Cypress Gardens was the state's first theme park.
Biographical Note
Photographer Jerry F. Simons was born May 23, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois. He majored in Journalism at the University of Miami, graduating in 1953. He worked in Miami at United Press and later was a news cameraman for Channel Four under Ralph Renick. He also worked at WCKT when Wayne Fariss was the anchorman. He was the Photographic Director for the Florida Development Commission and was assigned to former Governor Claude Kirk as his personal photographer. Simons turned to freelance photography in 1973 and did assignments for Eastman Kodak, Chrysler, U.S. Steel, and other national clients. He passed away on March 17, 2012.
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