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Attractions--Florida--Islamorada
Tourism--Florida--Islamorada
Service industries--Florida--Islamorada
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Trained animals
Animal feeding
Animal jumping
Tourists--Florida--Islamorada
Working animals--Feeding and feeds
Aquarium animals--Feeding and feeds
Aquatic animals--Feeding and feeds
Aquatic mammals--Feeding and feeds
Captive marine mammals--Feeding and feeds
Cetacea--Feeding and feeds
Delphinidae--Feeding and feeds
Captive bottlenose dolphins--Feeding and feeds
Tursiops--Feeding and feeds
Bottlenose dolphin--Feeding and feeds
Captive marine animals--Feeding and feeds
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Accompanying note: "Porpoises leap for their food - You feed them and get a picture - Also huge Turtles, Jew Fish, Saw Fish and Sharks. Bring your camera."
The lagoon, originally a quarry that supplied rock for Henry Flagler's railroad in the early 1900's, was established as a park in 1946 by the McKenney family.
Note number at top: DC-135.
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Ebbets, Charles C., 1905-1978. Dolphins being fed at the "Theater of the Sea". 1948. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/296543>, accessed 4 June 2026.
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Ebbets, Charles C., 1905-1978. Dolphins being fed at the "Theater of the Sea". 1948. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/296543>
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(State Archives of Florida/Ebbets)
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