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Alligator Joe postcards, c. 1905
"Alligator Joe," Warren Frazee (1873-1915) operated an attraction near the gilded hotels of Palm Beach from the late 1890s until 1915. He also opened another attraction in Miami in 1906 and toured northern cities. -
Man chased up a palm, 1936
Black man chased up a palm tree by a large alligator. Caption on postcard uses racist and exaggerated mock dialect: "’Honey, Come Down,' We'se waitin fo' you in Florida.’” Similar postcard made with a black baby chased up a tree by an alligator as well. -
Alligators attacking, c. 1940
Two alligators chase and bite at a black man. Racist caption on postcard reads "A Darkies Prayer" and uses racist and exaggerated mock dialect. -
Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890
Advertising trade card for the Three Ball Brand Household Sundries company. Image on front consists of several alligators dressed in clothing and seated around a dining table with an Egyptian obelisk and pyramids in the background.
The back of the card describes several cleaning products offered by the Ball Brand Co. -
Man eating alligator, c. 1934
An alligator eats a black man in the Florida Everglades. Racist and dehumanizing gallows humor used in caption: "Free lunch in the Everglades, Florida." -
Children on log near alligator, c. 1908
Five black children on a palm tree log with alligator nearby. Caption: "Alligator Bait." -
Alligator encounter, c. 1910
Young black man pushes a wheel barrel with several black children in it as an alligator crosses their path with its mouth open. Caption on the image reads "Alligator Feed, Florida." -
Oversized alligator on railcar, c. 1935
Alligator on a railcar. Caption: "The Alligator is a native of the Florida Everglades. For some time its skin has been fashionably used in the manufacture of bags, shoes, etc., and with this increasing use they had been hunted until they were almost extinct. To remedy this situation and supply the demand, several thriving Alligator farms are now in operation, when the breeding and care of alligators is the main industry." -
Pineapples and alligators, c. 1908
Three alligators encircle rows of planted pineapples. -
Two boys riding an alligator, 1910
Labeled: Homeward bound, Florida. Two boys riding on an alligator. Curt Teich American Art series, which were published between 1915 and the 1930s.
C.T. American ArtTags Alligators