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Adaline Miller group photo 007.
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HCC0101RUS058
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Adaline Miller house.
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This home, which is today listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits at the corner of today's US 41 and College Avenue. It was reportedly designed by Adaline Miller, based on drawings of a Swiss Chalet that she found in a favored book. The building served Ruskin College as both a classroom and as the home for President George Miller and his wife, and Vice President of the College, Adaline Miller. Today it is owned by the Ruskin Woman's Club and serves as their headquarters.
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HCC0101RUS060
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Admer Miller.
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Admer Miller
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HCC0101RUS061
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Aerial View of Apollo Beach - 1957.
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Aerial View of Apollo Beach from 1957. This photo shows Apollo Beach in its earliest stages of development. In looking at this photo, the veiwer is looking west towards Tampa Bay. US 41 is the North South road at the bottom of the photo. Miller Mac Road (is at the southern end of the developed land and the Flamingo Canal bounds the north. Note the farmland to the south of the development, like parts of Dickman's vegetable farming empire. To the north was a combination of pasture for cattle...
Show moreAerial View of Apollo Beach from 1957. This photo shows Apollo Beach in its earliest stages of development. In looking at this photo, the veiwer is looking west towards Tampa Bay. US 41 is the North South road at the bottom of the photo. Miller Mac Road (is at the southern end of the developed land and the Flamingo Canal bounds the north. Note the farmland to the south of the development, like parts of Dickman's vegetable farming empire. To the north was a combination of pasture for cattle grazing and farmed land. Also note some of the very earliest finger canals being dredged at the extreme western edge of the property, at the bay. Also note the build up of dredged land in the bay itself.
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HCC0101AB014
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Aerial View of Gibsonton: 1948.
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1948 aerial view of Eddie's Hut in the center of the picture. Based on the location of the railroad track, Eddie's hut faced today's US 41, with the Giant's Fish Camp being just off the picture to the right, at the Alafia River. The intersecting road to the left of Eddie's Hut, is likely today's Gibsonton Drive toward I-75 and Riverview. Photo used with Permission of International Indepedent Showman's Museum.
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HCC0101GIB025
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Aerial View of Sun City Center.
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Aerial view of Sun City Center in announcement of Award.
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HCC0101SCC002
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Aerial View of the Bay.
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Source of picture unknown.
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HCC0101SHC012
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Aerial View of US 301 at Wimauma Road 1959.
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Aerial view of US 301 near Wimauma Road...note lack of development in area. To the left would be where Sun City Center would eventually be. 1959
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HCC0101WIM007
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Al and Jeannie Tomaini.
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Al (Aurelio) Tomaini (1912 - 1962) claimed a height of 8’4” and billed himself as ‘The Tallest Man in the World’. (His actual height was much shorter, at 7'4".) In 1936, at the Great Lakes Exposition, he met the woman who was to share his unique life, Berniece Evelyn Smith (1916 - 1999) who went by the stage name, Jeanie with twisted arms and without legs and billed as "The Living Half Girl." She ‘stood’ just over two feet in height and had been performing in exhibitions since the age of...
Show moreAl (Aurelio) Tomaini (1912 - 1962) claimed a height of 8’4” and billed himself as ‘The Tallest Man in the World’. (His actual height was much shorter, at 7'4".) In 1936, at the Great Lakes Exposition, he met the woman who was to share his unique life, Berniece Evelyn Smith (1916 - 1999) who went by the stage name, Jeanie with twisted arms and without legs and billed as "The Living Half Girl." She ‘stood’ just over two feet in height and had been performing in exhibitions since the age of three and was known for her acrobatic dexterity and the nimble way she ran about on her mildly deformed hands. The couple eloped during a fair in Cleveland in 1936 and went to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. Often billed as the "World's Strangest Married Couple", they settled in Gibsonton where they established a lodge and fishing camp known as ‘The Giant’s Camp’. Al served as the fire chef and president of the Chamber of Commerce. After Al's death, Jeanie continued to run Giant's Fish Camp and Restaurant until her death in 1999.
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HCC0101GIB028
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Al Tomaini.
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Al Tomaini with unknown Carnival Worker.
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HCC0101GIB29
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Al Tomaini at Giant's Trailer Park.
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Al Tomaini owned and operated Giant's Fish Camp, on US41, just south of the Alafia River, until his death in 1962. His wife, Jean, continued to operate the Fish Camp and Restaurant until her death in 1999. The camp was taken down after her death.
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HCC0101GIB022
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Al Tomaini: Fire Chief.
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Picture of Al Tomaini, wearing his Fire Chief's hat, with friends promoting Annual Fair. Photo used with Permission of International Indepedent Showman's Museum.
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HCC0101GIB021
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Alafia River Bridge 1946.
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Photo of Alafia River Bridge and Railroad Bridge at Gibsonton. Facing NE. Photo taken from the Alafia River Bridge. Public domain. Image may be used with the credit line: "."
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HCC0101GIB033
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Alafia River Navigation Channel.
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River navigation channel at Alafia River bridge, at Gibsonton, view to west: Hillsborough County, Fla.
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HCC0101GIB034
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An Unforgettable Seance.
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Evidence of spiritualism at the College. Memoir by Pauline Dickman Lawler
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HCC0101RUS109
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Apollo Beach Sign.
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HCC0101AB013
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Apollo Beach Subdivision Plat Maps: 1958-1959.
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Initial Subdivision Plans for first three sections of Apollo Beach from developer Francis Corr. Filed in 1958 and 1959. These sections of are bound by the Flamingo Canal on the north, and Miller Mac Road on the south with the land coming to a point at US 41. This is generally known as the "F Streets" plan, as most of the street names begin with the letter F.
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HCC0101AB008
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Atlantic Coast RR Line Crossing in Gibsonton.
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Railroad crossing, looking east, of the Atlantic Coast RR line in Gibsonton, Florida. Compare with 1948 aerial view of Gibsonton. This 1950 view is NOT likely at today's Gibsonton Drive, but is at another east/west link to US 541, which became US41.
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HCC0101GIB035
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Bahia Beach Pennant.
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HCC0101RUS067
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Bahia Beach Scene.
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Note Ruskin Marina sign at extreme right of photo.
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HCC0101RUS062
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