Historical Indulgences

ca. 1906, [Park employees holding a snake], New York Zoological Society

via the New York Public Library, Picture Collection

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   I wonder who won that fight

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    aye, what good is life without...wee bit o’ snake wrestling?

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    snake before. not fun people. not fun.

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