"Home of 1000 Animals" was a tourist attraction that was part of the Sterling Alaska Fur and Game Farms, with locations in Lake Placid (as seen here) and Ausable Chasm, New York. According to the sign, there was "No Place on Earth Like This," and many tourists--like the ones here in the car pulling into the parking space--were undoubtedly trapped into stopping. Among the thousand animals inside were St. Nick's Animals, a Santa-themed section where visitors could feed goats, deer, and other animals.

For another example from a set of vacation photos that I purchased together in one lot, see Shivering at the North Pole, Santa's Village, Jefferson, N.H., 1969.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Home of 1000 Animals, Lake Placid, N.Y., 1969.

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This photo was taken at St. Nick's Animals, also known as Home of 1000 Animals, which was part of the Sterling Alaska Fur and Game Farms, with locations in Lake Placid (as seen here) and Ausable Chasm, New York. As the signs suggest (see text below), visitors could purchase food in order to feed Angora goats, several varieties of deer, and other animals.

St. Nick's Animals, Lake Placid.

Notice. Deer will eat from your hands. Buy food from machines and get good pictures.

Angoras climb the mountain. Feed 'em on top. Get a good picture.

Here are . . . brown Japanese, white European, Dama dama, [and] Indian spotted deers.

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"Mr. Santa Claus. Santa Claus, Ariz., on Hiway 93. Gallup Photo."

Stamped on the back of this real photo postcard: "Santa Claus, Arizona, via Box 373, Kingman."

See Santa Claus, Arizona in Wikipedia for the story of this now "uninhabited desert town" and its Santa-themed tourist attraction.

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The woman here is pretending to shiver in the cold as she stands next to the North Pole and igloo at Santa's Village in Jefferson, New Hampshire, during the summer of 1969.

For another example from a set of vacation photos that I purchased together in one lot, see Home of 1000 Animals, Lake Placid, N.Y., 1969.

See Santa's Workshop, North Pole, New York for a photo from another Christmas theme park with its own North Pole.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Shivering at the North Pole, Santa's Village, Jefferson, N.H., 1969.

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Anyone know where this big bunny hopped off to? I couldn't find any trace of him through Google.

For another roadside rabbit posing with small children, see The Rabbits Aren't Really That Big.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Giant Jack Rabbit, Ogallala, Nebr.

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