Florida Memory • Bear cub getting petted

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Bear cub getting petted

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Image Number

PR00735

Date

1985

Date Note

Probably photographed June 12, 1985.

Collection

Print collections

Geographic Term

Blountstown (Fla.)

Subject Term

Bears

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

General Note

These bears were found a week before the picture was taken. No apparent sign of the mother and the babies were near death. However,a week later they were doing much better. The bears were between 3 and 4 months of age.

Betsy Knight of Blountstown volunteered to raise the bears.

Bear cub getting petted

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Title

Bear cub getting petted

Subject

Bears

Date

1985

Identifier

PR00735

Image URL

Tallahassee (Fla.)

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Date Note

Probably photographed June 12, 1985.

Geographic Term

Blountstown (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Series Title

Print collections

General Note

Betsy Knight of Blountstown volunteered to raise the bears.

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Bear cub getting petted. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/711>, accessed 5 July 2022.

MLA

Bear cub getting petted. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Jul. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/711>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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