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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M82- 38
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Title, Dates: Florida tourist photographs, 1880-1945.
Amount: 30 photographs
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Summary:     This collection contains 30 black and white photographs, taken by an unknown photographer, of various Florida tourist sites and attractions during the early twentieth century. Many of the images are postcard photos. The photo subjects include alternative transportation, including Thomas' Electric Windmobile, a car that runs on wind; a woman using an alligator to propel a canoe; and Jess Dixon's Flying Automobile. There are also six photographs of water activities such as skiing, underwater wrestling, and dancing that were taken at Crystal Springs. Other photographs include images of a man with pet bass fish, furniture made of stone, and sausage "growing" on trees.
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Additional Physical Form: Some images in this collection have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory website at https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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General Note: Florida Photographic Collection Number P1982-38:  Print Collection pr75942-pr75972.
Electronic Records Access: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
Subject Access Fields: Automobiles, Motors  --Maintenance and repair.
Hotels Florida
Tourism Florida.
Photographs. aat
Postcards. aat
Pensacola (Fla.)
Saint Augustine (Fla.)
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