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Ladies with gator•
•Time (1910s)•
~Floridian ladies in the early 1900s posing with an alligator. Of course, the alligator is a stuffed one. This is to tag onto my previous post I have done today about the history of alligator hunting.
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Florida, like many Southern states, is home to more than 1 million alligators. However, with all of these vicious alligators in Florida, car accidents have taken more lives than alligators in the state.

Pvt John G. Winbury hugging his 2-year-old son Robert just before sailing to Hawaii with the 251st Coast Artillery, California National Guard, 1940 Los Angeles, California. US.

The photo renders very little hope for the father and his son, and they seem like they are saying goodbye as if they will never see each other again. However, after doing further research, Private Winbury fought at the attack on Pearl Harbor, survived a number of battles in the Pacific theater, and eventually reunited with his son. The photo conjures a sense of lost hope and grief due to war, but luckily in this case, the outcome was positive. Many people lost family members during the war, and photos like these intended to foreshadow the death and sadness brought about by violence. Jakobsen’s photo did exactly this, which is why it gained so much popularity and recognition in the American media.”

John fought at the attack on Pearl Harbor, survived battles in the Pacific theater, and eventually reunited with his son.

Roger Mayne, London, c. 1957.