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Title: 1890-1920 Buck of Cock Roach Bay.
Abstract/Description: Poster 1890-1920 Buck of Cock Roach Bay Shipped by E.C. McLean, Inc. Sun City, Florida
Identifier: HCC0101SC007
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: 1925: Sun City Subdivision Plan for Movie Colony.
Abstract/Description: This is the 1925 Subdivision Plan filed with the County in order to offer lot sales to begin the planned Sun City, designed to be the HOllywood of the east. Note that the names of all of the streets are named for elements of the Silent Film industry, stars, studios or producer/directors. This plat is on file at the Clerk's Office in Hillsborough County in the Subdivision Book Number 17 on Page 21. Take note, also, that the studio was built in the large area on the east side of the development...
Show moreThis is the 1925 Subdivision Plan filed with the County in order to offer lot sales to begin the planned Sun City, designed to be the HOllywood of the east. Note that the names of all of the streets are named for elements of the Silent Film industry, stars, studios or producer/directors. This plat is on file at the Clerk's Office in Hillsborough County in the Subdivision Book Number 17 on Page 21. Take note, also, that the studio was built in the large area on the east side of the development in section 70A.
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Identifier: HCC0101SC001
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Title: Destined to Fail: Creating a "Hollywood of the East"in Sun City, Fl, 1925.
Abstract/Description: In 1925, Sun City was the site selected for a planned movie colony designed to attract the movie industry to South County, Florida. The three men most responsible for this venture were ill-suited dreamers whose actions led to the demise of the colony. This paper explores this history of the planned movie colony and the men behind the effort.
Date Issued: 2018-11-03
Identifier: HCC0101SC004
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jones Filling Station - Sun City.
Abstract/Description: This picture of Jones Filling Station likely post dates 1926. Note the sign which indicates this is also the Sun City Post Office. According to USPS records, Sun City's post office was established in 1927.
Identifier: HCC0101SC003
Format: Image (JPEG)

Title: Memoir: Donnie Connel.
Abstract/Description: This transcript of an oral history of Donnie Connel was recorded and transcribed by Roselyn Cruthis on February 17, 2016. In it, Donnie Connel describes his early life in the Sun City and Ruskin area, working on a cattle ranch, schooling, and life in Ruskin.
Identifier: HCC0101SC009
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Mordecia Walker.
Abstract/Description: Mr. Mordecia Walker was an agriculture teacher at the mid 1940s Sun City School. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former Ruskin resident. Mr. Walker was her teacher. He now lives in St. Petersburg with his sister.)
Identifier: HCC0101SC008
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Title: Mr. Smith, known as "Bronco".
Abstract/Description: Mr. Smith, known as "Bronco" was a Sun City High School teacher and athlete coach. He taught shop, math, and coached boys and girls basketball. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former student of Mr. Smith at Sun City H.S.)
Identifier: HCC0101SC005
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Title: Photo (copy) of Sun City Studio.
Abstract/Description: Copy of a photograph of the Sun City Studios, a $300,000 full scale production facility built in Sun City as an inducement for the Hollywood film industry to move at least part of its capabilities to Florida. The studio was the main anchor in the failed project to create the town of Sun City near the end of the Great Florida Land Boom. The studio was completed in October 1925. Two small,20 minute comedies were produced her in 1925: Spuds and South Bound, both starring comedian Billy Moon....
Show moreCopy of a photograph of the Sun City Studios, a $300,000 full scale production facility built in Sun City as an inducement for the Hollywood film industry to move at least part of its capabilities to Florida. The studio was the main anchor in the failed project to create the town of Sun City near the end of the Great Florida Land Boom. The studio was completed in October 1925. Two small,20 minute comedies were produced her in 1925: Spuds and South Bound, both starring comedian Billy Moon. When the studio failed to attract large scale interest from Hollywood, in addition to worsening real estate conditions in late 1925, the project failed. The studio was dimanted in the 1930s (check date).
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Identifier: HCC0101SC013
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Title: Sun City High School.
Abstract/Description: Sun City High School: This the second building, builtin 1940's. It served elementary through senior high school students. Sun City H.S. closed 1962-63. (Picture courtesy Alberta Harris, former Ruskin resident who attended Sun City H.S.)
Identifier: HCC0101SC010
Format: Image (JPEG)

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