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Candler collected exotic birds and animals in a menagerie at his estate with cages designed by architect Bodin. He may have bought the animals while traveling in Europe from a down-and-out circus owner. The collection included a Bengal tiger, four lions, a black leopard, a gorilla, baboons, and six
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in 1948. The planned veterans' hospital never emerged, and the estate was used to house the
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