View showing visitors' center at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Key Largo, Florida.

Title

• View showing visitors' center at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Key Largo, Florida.

Image Number

• COM00513

Year

• 19--

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection.
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF21

General Note

• The visitor center has a 30,000-gallon saltwater aquarium for live examples of reef creatures.
• The park is located on U.S. Highway 1 three miles north of Key Largo at mile marker 102.5. The Florida Park Service first acquired the park property in 1959. This was the nation's first underwater park. It was named for Miami Herald newspaper editor John D. Pennekamp whose efforts contributed to the establishment of Everglades National Park as well as preservation of the area that would become the park named for him.

Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• State parks and reserves--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Recreation areas--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Parks--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Marine parks and reserves
• Public buildings--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Park facilities--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Visitors' centers--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo
• Park buildings--Florida--Monroe County--Key Largo

Geographic Term

• Key Largo (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Monroe County (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Fla.)

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