vintage postcards
The California Alligator Farm (1907 - 1953) displayed "hundreds of alligator of all sizes, from little babies, hardly the size of a lizard, up to huge monsters, 500 years or more," according to the original brochure! The website itself is bursting with vintage images and snappy anecdotes:)
Here is a cheery and nostalgic farm video from 1941. It's filled with the unusual combination of toddlers and gators!