Lion tamer performing with lions at the Circus World theme park in Orlando, Florida.

Title

• Lion tamer performing with lions at the Circus World theme park in Orlando, Florida.

Image Number

• COM01623

Year

• 1977

Date Note

• Photographed in June 1977.

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection.
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF53

General Note

• Circus World was built in 1973 by the Felds (then owners of Ringling Bros.) to combine circus based shows and amusement park rides with a new winter quarters for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was later sold to Mattel, Inc. who sold it to developer Jim Monaghan in 1984. Sold to Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich in 1986 who shut the park down and rebuilt it as Boardwalk and Baseball which opened on February 14, 1987. HBJ sold its theme park assets (which included SeaWorld and Cypress Gardens) to Busch Entertainment Corporation on September 28, 1989 and Busch closed Boardwalk and Baseball on January 17, 1990.

Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Circus--Florida--Orlando
• Amusements
• Attractions--Florida--Orlando
• Amusement parks--Florida--Orlando
• Tourism--Florida--Orlando
• Service industries--Florida--Orlando
• Entertainment
• Circuses and shows
• Trained animals
• Entertainers--Florida--Orlando
• Circus performers
• Circus workers
• Working animals
• Working cats
• Circus animals
• Carnivora
• Felidae
• Panthera
• Lions
• Animal specialists
• Animal trainers
• Lion trainers
• Predatory animals

Geographic Term

• Orange County (Fla.)
• Orlando (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Circus World (Orlando, Fla.)

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