🐳 RARE Vintage MCM Marineland Of The Pacific Bubbles The Whale Plush Souvenir

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🐳 RARE Vintage MCM Marineland Of The Pacific Bubbles The Whale Plush Souvenir
FABULOUS…GREAT ADDITION TO A COLLECTION!
HTF plush black and red whale, Bubbles souvenir, from Marineland of the Pacific
Original tag attached. Tag that was sewn in has been removed. Cute hat and pipe.
Contents unknown, but very firm.
Approximately 4.5“ long x 5.25“ tall
Excellent condition for age. Only issue is the ribbon, around the hat, has some wear from age. See photos.
“In 1957 a small fishing vessel returned victorious to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in California. After months of effort, her crew, a rugged bunch of media-described “sea cowboys” had just done something nobody had ever done before: they brought back a live whale to be put on public display.
The young female pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), named Bubbles by the crew, would become the main attraction at Marineland of the Pacific, at the time, the world’s largest oceanarium. Bubbles would also launch a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry based on performing marine mammals that continues to this day.
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