Flamingos at Saraota Jungle Gardens

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Material Information

Title:: Flamingos at Saraota Jungle Gardens
Series Title:: Postcards of Florida scenes, fauna and flora
Creator:: H.W. Hannau
Publisher:: Natural Color Publishers
Publication Date:: 1970/1979
Physical Description:: Series includes 42 postcards : col. ill. ; [various sizes, largest: 17 x 23 cm].

General Note:: Circa 1970s Giant post card Florida. Caption on the back reads: FLAMINGOS in a TYPICAL FLORIDA SETTING OF TROPICAL PALMS AND FLOWERS. These colorful birds attract the visitor of Florida. The story tells, that Ponce de Leon, landing in Florida, saw Flamingos in big clusters sitting in the swamps. Mistaking them for flowering bushes, he called the newly discovered land "Florida," Isle of Flowers. This picture shows one of the many beautiful scenes in Sarasota Jungle Gardens, one of the outstanding attractions of Florida.