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Ralph M. Munroe Photographs
Skinning a crocodile,
1883 or 1884.
Ralph Munroe killed a 14 ft., 7 in. crocodile at Arch Creek. After having the crocodile skinned in Coconut Grove (shown here), Munroe sent the skin to the New York Museum of Natural History. William Brickell is the bearded onlooker.
Munroe's description of the hunt: The Commodore's Story / Ralph Middleton Munroe and Vincent Gilpin. -- Miami : Historical Association of Southern Florida, 1985. p. 134-137.
Credit: Ralph Munroe Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Image number: Munroe 184e
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