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Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River.

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Image Number

MOZ00429B

Photographer

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.

Date

1955 (circa)

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Collection

General collection
Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 4

Geographic Term

Silver Springs (Fla. : Spring)
Silver Springs (Fla. : Amusement park)
Marion County (Fla.)
Silver River (Fla.)

Subject Term

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

General Note

Native to an area between northern India and southern China, a population of Rhesus monkeys were released by a tour boat operator named Captain Tooey to enhance his jungle cruise in the 1930s.

Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River.

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Title

Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River.

Subject

Amusement parks--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs--Public use

Tour boats

Work boats

Boats and boating--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Sightseeing business

Ecotourism--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Service industries--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Guided tours

Attractions--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Recreation areas--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Rivers--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Animal feeding

Monkeys

Cercopithecidae

Macaques

Rhesus monkey

Tour guides (Persons)

Tourists--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Springs--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Creator

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.

Date

1955 (circa)

Identifier

MOZ00429B

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Silver Springs (Fla. : Spring)

Silver Springs (Fla. : Amusement park)

Marion County (Fla.)

Silver River (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

Series Title

General collection

Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 4

General Note

Native to an area between northern India and southern China, a population of Rhesus monkeys were released by a tour boat operator named Captain Tooey to enhance his jungle cruise in the 1930s.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River. 1955 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/343106>, accessed 23 March 2023.

MLA

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River. 1955 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/343106>

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(State Archives of Florida/Mozert)

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Tourists watching rhesus monkeys being fed on the Silver River.