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due to the economic disaster that hit the island. The federal government believed that Key West's weather and location would make it an ideal tourist destination. The
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Built between 1932 and 1934, the Key West Aquarium is one of Florida's oldest aquariums. Original admission was 15 cents for adults and 5 cents for children.
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The aquarium was conceived by Dr. Robert Van Deusen, the Director of the Fairmount Park Aquarium in
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Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory
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James Merrill wrote about the Key West Aquarium in his poem
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24°33′33″N 81°48′26″W / 24.5590437°N 81.8073156°W / 24.5590437; -81.8073156
Key West, Florida
United States
www.keywestaquarium.com
public aquarium
Key West, Florida

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Great Depression
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"Marker Details - Key West Historic Markers Project"
"Key West Aquarium Exhibits"
"James Merrill's Late Poetry: AIDS and the "Stripping Process""
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10.1353/arq.0.0005
ISSN
1558-9595
S2CID
161318246
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