Baby Alligators at the Florida Alligator Farm

Creator

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Item Type

Image

Creation Date

1919

Description

Baby Alligators just kicking out of the shells. Alligators lay 40 to 60 eggs to a nest. Thousands hatched yearly at the FLORIDA ALLIGATOR FARM ("Young Alligator Joe's Place), Jacksonville, Florida. The Largest Alligator Farm in the World. Circa 1919

Printed by Arnold Printing Co, Jacksonville, Florida

On the back is a note written to Aunt Katie dated Saturday March 8, 1919 that reads:

Aunt Katie and I went to the Ostrich farm and also alligator farm at South Jacksonville today—saw a trained alligator and saw Ostrich harnessed to a wagon and driven around the (illegible). 2 different ladies rode (illegible) the colored driver—(illegible) you were home Auntie said she (illegible) I would go and ride but I did not even want to.

C.R. H. M.

Recommended Citation

"Baby Alligators at the Florida Alligator Farm" (1919). Northeast Florida Regional Postcards. 16.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/flapostcards/16