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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
Front and back
Keywords
Richard Mette Collection; Mette, Richard -- Photograph collections; Collectors and collecting -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Photograph collections; Florida Alligator Farm (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Pictorial works; Alligator farming -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; tourist attractions; images