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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M83- 11
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Title, Dates: Everglades and Clewiston photographs, [ca. 1960s]
Amount: 8 photographs
Medium Included: photographs : 8" x 10"
Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Biographical/Historical:     George Espenlaub operated one of the first guide services in the Florida Everglades in the 1950s and 1960s. His brother-in-law, Ed Frank, is credited with inventing the first "swamp buggy." Espenlaub used these buggies for his tours through the wet Everglades environment. In the 1950s, Espenlaub also competed in "swamp buggy" races.
Summary:     This collection consists of eight black and white photographs of George Espenlaub and his family in Clewiston and operating his Everglades Guide Service in the 1960s. Images include camping and driving "swamp buggies" in the Everglades, various Everglades flora, and fishing in Tarpon Lake in Clewiston.
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Additional Physical Form: Images from this collection have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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Electronic Records Access: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
Subject Access Fields: Lakes Florida
Natural resources Florida
Parks Florida
Recreation Florida.
Swamplands.
Tourism Florida.
Photographs. aat
Clewiston (Fla.)
Everglades (Fla.)
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