Lee's Trees Alligator Joe Watching Eggs Hatch in a Florida Alligator Farm,� ca. 1905 According to the article in the
Jacksonville paper, Joe said he had worked at alligator farms in
California, Arkansas and Miami, before he settled in Jacksonville. The
1910 census indicates he was in Arkansas� The "undivided back" style
post card specifically dates this picture to pre-1906; in 1906, the US Postal Service mandated divided backs on post cards.� The white space on the card above was for the message.� The address would have filled the entire back of the card. |