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The Miami Serpentarium was opened in 1947 by Bill Haast.
Note number at top left: M-104.
Accompanying note: "William Haast, Director, is the only man in America routinely handling the most dangerous snakes in the world. Cobra venom extraction scientific feeding climax each tour at this attraction."
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Director William Haast with a cobra at the Miami Serpentarium. 1953. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/269750>, accessed 25 August 2026.
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Director William Haast with a cobra at the Miami Serpentarium. 1953. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/269750>
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