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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2013- 17
Creator: Marks, Don.
Title, Dates: Don and Gladys Marks photographs and papers, 1920-1969.
Amount: 1000 photographs
0.25 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Numerical by staff-assigned image number.
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Summary:     This collection consists of approximately 1,000 images taken by Don and Gladys Marks documenting many areas of Florida from the 1920s to the 1960s. The Markses worked with Harriet Bedell, prominent missionary and friend to the Florida Seminoles, and approximately 400 of their images document the Seminoles, including their work, daily life, and tourism. Other images depict many locations around the state, including Key West, the Everglades, Sanibel Island, Ft. Myers, St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Tampa, and St. Augustine. Images include wildlife, damage caused by Hurricane Donna (1960), a fire; and tourist attractions such as Caribbean Gardens, Sunken Gardens, and Bok Tower. There are also images of the Tamiami Trail, Monkey Key, Ft. Ogden, Caloosahatchee River, and the Ponce de Leon Hotel. In addition, the collection includes newspaper clippings relating to Don and Gladys Marks and to the Seminoles; Christmas cards to the Markses from Martha Billie and family; and a letter to the Markses from Martha Billie regarding the death of a Seminole child.
Finding Aids: Box and folder listing available. 0
Additional Physical Form: This collection has been digitized and is 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: Ponce de Leon Hotel (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Bok Tower Gardens (Lake Wales, Fla.)
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens (Fla.)
Caribbean Gardens (Fla.)
Animals Florida.
Natural resources Florida
Seminole Indians.
Photographs. aat
Florida Description and travel
Florida Social life and customs
Key West (Fla.)
Everglades (Fla.)
Sanibel Island (Fla.)
Fort Myers (Fla.)
St. Petersburg (Fla.)
Bradenton (Fla.)
Tampa (Fla.)
Saint Augustine (Fla.)
Tamiami Trail (Fla.)
Caloosahatchee River (Fla.)
Fort Ogden (Fla.)
Added Entries Marks, Gladys.