Postcard: Breeding Stock. Alligator Farm, Jacksonville, Florida

Creator

Preview

Item Type

Realia

Creation Date

1911

Description

Postcard: "Breeding Stock" Alligator Farm, Jacksonville, Florida; May 4, 1911 (217)

Printed by Arnold Printing Company, Jacksonville, Florida

On the Front:

“Breeding Stock” 25 to 100 years old. A view of one of our pens showing the enormous number of Alligators we have. These are the Alligators that lay eggs from which we hatch thousands yearly. The Florida Alligator Farm, Jacksonville, Fla. The Largest Alligator Farm in the World.

On the back is a note written to Mrs. Gordon Hayes that reads:

These are not running loose here only in the alligator farm if they did run around I would not stay long. I am going by boat down the St. Johns’ river tomorrow to Sandford lots of love Aunt Allie

Recommended Citation

Postcard: Breeding Stock. Alligator Farm, Jacksonville, Florida. 1911. Richard Mette Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/mette_postcardimages/34/