Martin Digital History

Battle with alligator, c. 1905

Item

Title

Battle with alligator, c. 1905

Subject

Description

Alligator wrangler, "Alligator Joe" battles with a wounded alligator. "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.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow

Publisher

Ingersoll View Company

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

1 photographic print on stereo card

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Thurlow-2025-039-cards-001
2025.039

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Tags

Citation

Truman Ward Ingersoll (1862-1922), “Battle with alligator, c. 1905,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/17785.