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Betty Page "Jungle Betty" photoshoot from Africa USA
Betty Page's series of jungle photos by Bunny Yeager were shot onsite at Africa USA in 1954.....
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
Africa USA garden 1950's promotional photo
I believe these are the same plants still growing in my recent trip to the site. Africa USA was...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
rare tropical flowers from former Africa USA still here
not sure what these are called but they're rare exotics that were brought here or grown onsite when...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
original Africa USA jungle pathway on Monkey Island
It was pretty cool to walk down this old trail and imagine how it was back in the 1950s when Africa...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
remnants of an old dock or access platform from Africa USA
dont quite know what this was but it's related to the Africa USA park that used to be here. May have been connected with the old Zambezi Waterfall
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
footbridge to Monkey Island, old Africa USA site
they've kept this painted pretty well but it's not nearly as sturdy as it looks. Africa USA was...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
some sort of banyan tree at Africa USA
looks to be from well before the attraction was in business back in the '50s. Africa USA...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
Hungry Hungry Hippo
site of Africa USA, Boca Raton FL This was America's first outdoor "cageless" animal...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
hippopotamus monument to the former site of Africa USA
official site: www.africa-usa.com/ Africa USA was America's first outdoor "cageless"...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
Africa USA lagoon and barely visible Watusi Geyser
This was America's first outdoor "cageless" animal attraction and theme park, similar to...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
Site of Africa USA, an outdoor animal theme park and tourist attraction in the 1950s
"At this site in 1953, John P. Pedersen and his family established Africa U.S.A., a major...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
1927 Boca Raton Town Hall, now the Boca Museum
This building originally served as Boca Raton's fire department, police department, library...
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Uploaded on Dec 22, 2011
old exhaust fan at Nike HM95 site
Constructed by the Army in early 1965 in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This was...
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Uploaded on Nov 7, 2011
Nike HM95 IFC site, vegetation overtaking the old guardhouse entry booth
being overtaken by nature, along with being overtaken by vandals and graffitti
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
Nike HM95 Communications and IFC Facility
Now heavily overrun with graffitti and vandalism, not to mention being a common destination for...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
inside a curious room at the abandoned Nike HM95 IFC facility
The long floor grooves go underneath the wall, making me think the wall was added later. No clear...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
odd room in the Nike HM95 facility
The recessed floor tracks and circular wall holes make this a pretty unusual place.
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011
Camp Krome Nike HM95
on and off the Tamiami Trail
Assorted Travel Photos
Gatorland abandoned...
Vizcaya mansion and gardens
1963 Chemical Gas Facility
all the way around Lake...
Missile Base in the Everglades
Haunted Riddle House (seen...
infamous Dinner Key...
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