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Lyle and Margy and Paul and Esther Dickman.
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Lyle and Margy Dickman along with Paul and Esther Dickman at Harvest Farm Party *undated* following the harvest.
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HCC0101RUS262
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Lyle C. Dickman's WW2 Combat Helmet.
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This is a picture of Lyle C. Dickman's combat helmet that he wore during World War 2 while fighting in the jungles of New Guinea.
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HCC0101RUS118
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Lyle Dickman and Paul Dickman loading vegetables on plane.
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HCC0101RUS237
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Machine Cutting Corn into smaller pieces for packaging.
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Ruskin Vegetable Corporation processing line. Machine to cut full ears into sections in preparation for packaging.
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HCC0101RUS275
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Map of Gardenville Resort and Town.
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Gardenville was the name of a planned resort and community planned for the mouth of Bullfrog Creek The following is an excerpt of an article by Historian Charles Nelson (Affiliate of HCC Ruskin on the South Shore history project) which was published in the Osprey Observer on October 8, 2019) Gardenville and "The Roosevelt River [are] the 1910 marketing creations of Tampa realtor W. D. Davis. He informally renamed Bullfrog Creek in an attempt to bolster real estate sales in his two new...
Show moreGardenville was the name of a planned resort and community planned for the mouth of Bullfrog Creek The following is an excerpt of an article by Historian Charles Nelson (Affiliate of HCC Ruskin on the South Shore history project) which was published in the Osprey Observer on October 8, 2019) Gardenville and "The Roosevelt River [are] the 1910 marketing creations of Tampa realtor W. D. Davis. He informally renamed Bullfrog Creek in an attempt to bolster real estate sales in his two new subdivisions located where the ‘river’ empties into Hillsborough Bay. Although the Roosevelt River name did appear in land sale documents, it never popularly caught on and faded into history. More lasting was the name, Gardenville, a town established in 1912, which included those subdivisions. But today, even the name of Gardenville has all but disappeared. The small village was ultimately swept into the town of Gibsonton, which got its start in 1923 when James. B. Gibson created the suburb of Gibsonton-on-the-Bay on the south side of the Alafia River. The Gardenville name survives as the site of a local park on Symmes Rd. in Gibsonton and includes the park’s restored 1926 Gardenville School, which houses Hillsborough County’s Aging Services facility.
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HCC0101GIB052
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Map of Lillibridge location.
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This map is one of the very few maps found to show the location of Lilllibridge in SE Hillsborough County. The location would have spanned the South Prong of the Hillsborough River along today's Jameson Road, east of SR 37. There are no remnants of the once thriving town today.
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HCC0101LIL002
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Map of Morris Parak.
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Morris Park was a community created by Ruskin Founder, George Miller in 1913 By 1911, the new town of Ruskin was a thriving, cooperative community, and Miller sought to create a ‘twin town’ to the east. Through a complex series of land deals involving Wimauma Founder Captain C. H. Davis, Miller acquired development rights to lands northeast of Wimauma. It was here, midway between Wimauma and Balm, along the Seaboard Air Lines rail tracks, that Miller laid out his new town: Morris Park, named...
Show moreMorris Park was a community created by Ruskin Founder, George Miller in 1913 By 1911, the new town of Ruskin was a thriving, cooperative community, and Miller sought to create a ‘twin town’ to the east. Through a complex series of land deals involving Wimauma Founder Captain C. H. Davis, Miller acquired development rights to lands northeast of Wimauma. It was here, midway between Wimauma and Balm, along the Seaboard Air Lines rail tracks, that Miller laid out his new town: Morris Park, named in honor of William Morris of England. Morris was the philosophical successor to England’s John Ruskin, whose ideas of social organization and education initially inspired Miller to found Ruskin in 1908. Nothing remains of Morris Park today, although a neighborhood in Wimauma is named in memory of the town (Morris Park Farms.) Welfare Hall. A thriving poultry industry arose. By May 1913, the new railroad station opened. Growth continued into 1914 with announced plans for a canning factory and a cane mill. The telephone connection with Ruskin became a reality. Beginning in 1915, however, Miller seemingly lost interest in Morris Park. In a major blow to the town’s survival, the sawmill closed, and its employees and their families moved away. By 1916, Miller’s and Ruskin’s attention was diverted by World War I, which took many of Ruskin’s young men, resulting in the eventual closing of Ruskin College. (This excerpt, below) is by historian Charles Nelson (affiliated with HCC Ruskin's South Shore History Project). The full article was published in the Osprey Observer on Nov 7, 2019) Early growth in Morris Park seemed promising. By February 1913, the town boasted a boarding house and a store. A Sunday school was organized in Few land sales are reported in 1918/19 and plans for connecting rail lines were abandoned. The community never recovered, and by 1930, much of the town’s lands were sold in chancery court.
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HCC0101MP001
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Marketing Brochure (c 1955) for Ruskin 001g.
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Marketing Brochure for Ruskin FL. From internal clues of the newly opened oSunshine Skyway Bridge (opened in September 1954)and the recommendation to see Carl Clough's Dream Castle (completed in 1954) it can be assumed that this brochure was created around 1955.
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HCC0101RUS233
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Marketing Brochure (c 1965) for Ruskin.
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Marketing Brochure highlighting Ruskin's Business and Play opportunties. From internal evidence of Sun City Center(established 1961) picture, and wardrobe of students at East Bay High School (which opened in 1957), it is likely that this brochure was created in early to mid 1960s, no later than 1965-6 as this was when E. G. Simmons park was renamed from its prior name Mangrove Point.
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HCC0101RUS232
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Marketing Brochure for Bahia Beach.
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Early marketing brochure for Bahia Beach Island Resort (note its affiliation with Quality Inns).
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HCC0101RUS346
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Marketing Brochure: Ruskin By The Bay.
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Marketing Brochure created by the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce highlighting Ruskin in late 20th Century.
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HCC0101RUS231
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Married Couple: The Monkey Girl and Alligator Skinned Man.
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This is an early photo of Priscillar Lauther and Emmit Bejano, who were known by various professional side show names through their long career in the carnival industry: most frequently The Monkey Girl and the Alligator Skinned Man. They met in the 1930s and eloped to become married in 1938. They had one son, who died at an early age, and a second son that they adopted in the 1960s. They, like many carnival workers moved to Gibsonton in the 1950s, bought a one acre plot of land and a mobile...
Show moreThis is an early photo of Priscillar Lauther and Emmit Bejano, who were known by various professional side show names through their long career in the carnival industry: most frequently The Monkey Girl and the Alligator Skinned Man. They met in the 1930s and eloped to become married in 1938. They had one son, who died at an early age, and a second son that they adopted in the 1960s. They, like many carnival workers moved to Gibsonton in the 1950s, bought a one acre plot of land and a mobile home and called Gibsonton home for the rest of their lives. Emmit died in 1995 and Priscilla died in 2001. A feature article on the couple can be found at this web site: https://showmensmuseum.org/carnival-sideshows/percilla-the-monkey-girl/.
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HCC0101GIB054
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Mature Corn Being Hand Picked.
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Woman standing in mature corn field, picking ears of corn.
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HCC0101RUS282
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Mechanical spraying machine. Dickman Invention.
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Paul Dickman was an inventor of machinery to aid in his farming business. The cultivation and spraying of tomato crops was difficult because they were staked well off the ground. To overcome this issue he elevated another machine he had in his possession and created a spraying machine with arms on both sides and jacked up the chassis quite high to ride easily over the staked tomatoes. This is a photo of that machine
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HCC0101RUS397
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Memoir of 1906 Ruskin: Letter by C. E. Walker.
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HCC0101RUS019
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Memoir: Donnie Connel.
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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.
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HCC0101SC009
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Memories of The Coffee Cup.
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The Coffee Cup Restaurant was a well known, beloved cultural institution in downtown Ruskin. For 75 years it stood on the SE Corner of today's US41 and Shell Point Road. Today, it is a vacant lot. This history will present the story of the Coffee Cup Restuarant accompanied by line drawings created by local Ruskin artist, Everett Michaels (1925 - 2019).
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HCC0101SHC065
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Men Fishing on the Alafia: 1920.
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Men Fishing in Rowboats. Alafia River. 1920. (Previous description was handwritten on reverses side of photo.) Public domain. Image may be used with the credit line: "Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System.
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HCC0101RIV018
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Miller - Dickman family trees.
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We found and scanned 14 pages related to the Miller's and Dickman's of Ruskin Florida in this book. Starting with George McA Miller (born Feb 1857) through Arthur McA Miller (born Dec 1937) -and- Pauline Dickman & Paul B Dickman (twins born May 1897) through Glen K Dickman (born Oct 1951) there are over 59 names listed as well as some bios on the Miller's and Dickman's at the end.
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HCC0101RUS134
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Miller Siblings circa 1945.
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George and Adaline Miller siblings, later in life. Photo identified by Mac Miller, who is the young man pictured in front of his two parents in this photo. (Mac was born in 1941.) From left to Right are Admer Miller, Wilbur Miller, Julia Miller (Wilbur's wife and Mac's mother), Aurora Miller, Zoa Miller, Georgadda Miller and Olnton Miller. The site is unknown.
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HCC0101RUS406
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