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Harriet Beatty puts Primba thru a flaming loop at Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale.

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PR295231

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, M82-5

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 4.25 x 2.5 in.

General Note

Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo served as a winter home for his circus and a tourist attraction from December of 1939 until 1945 when tightening zoning regulations brought on by city development began to overtake the site.

Harriet Beatty puts Primba thru a flaming loop at Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale.

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Harriet Beatty puts Primba thru a flaming loop at Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale.

Subject

Working animals

Circus animals

Zoo animals

Captive wild animals

Circus--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Amusements

Zoos--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Attractions--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Tourism--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Service industries--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Entertainment

Community culture--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Trained animals

Circuses and shows

Working cats

Predatory animals

Carnivora

Captive Felidae

Panthera

Captive tigers

Primba (Tiger)

Animal specialists

Animal trainers

Women entertainers--Florida--Broward County--Fort Lauderdale

Women circus performers

Dangerous animals

Date

1945 (circa)

Identifier

PR295231

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Geographic Term

Broward County (Fla.)

Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

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b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 4.25 x 2.5 in.

Series Title

Print collections

Print collections, M82-5

General Note

Subject - Person

Beatty, Harriet Evans, 1909-1950.

Subject - Corporate

Clyde Beatty Circus.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Harriet Beatty puts Primba thru a flaming loop at Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale. 1945 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/343791>, accessed 5 June 2026.

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Harriet Beatty puts Primba thru a flaming loop at Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale. 1945 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/343791>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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