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1911 Picking Cabbage in Ruskin
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1911 Picking Cabbage in Ruskin.
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Photo of very early Ruskin farming. This taken in 1911 and shows harvesting of cabbage.
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HCC0101RUS399
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Image (JPEG)
1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo
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1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo.
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Group photo of Ruskin School Teachers for the school year, 1945-46. The reverse does contain identifying names. It is believed that Ruth Carrothers was the second from the left in the front road, which may help in identifying individual teachers.
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HCC0101RUS226
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Set of related objects
1959 Aerial View of Ruskin
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1959 Aerial View of Ruskin.
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January 1959 photograph of the Ruskin area. The river at the bottom of the picture is the Little Manatee River. Ruskin lies on the north shore of the River and the Ruskin Inlet. The developing area, in white, at the extreme left of the picture is Paul Dickman's Bahia Beach area, then under construction.
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HCC0101RUS191
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Image (JPEG)
Adaline Miller house
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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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Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church
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Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church.
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Early Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church.
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HCC0101RUS219
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Downtown Ruskin 1950s
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Downtown Ruskin 1950s.
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Photo of shopping area in downtown Ruskin, 1950s. Photo: courtesy of HIllsborough County Public Library System
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HCC0101RUS414
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Image (JPEG)
Dredged Land on Ruskin Inlet
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Dredged Land on Ruskin Inlet.
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Photo, likely taken in early 1960s according to border note, shows early land deposits on the Ruskin Inlet created by dredged land. As this dredged material hardened it would eventually be built up to create usable land. This process was common in Florida Communities from at least the years just preceding 1920.
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HCC0101RUS299
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Image (JPEG)
Dredging on Ruskin Inlet
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Dredging on Ruskin Inlet.
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Dredging of Ruskin Inlet along west side US 41 in Ruskin. You can see the Coffee Pot Restaurant on the extreme right side of the picture which stood at the SE Corner of US 41 and Shell Point Road. Today's Ruskin Library would be just out of the picture on the right side. Dredging, which was begun by Paul Dickman was used to create additional lands for sale along Ruskin Inlet in several developments created in this manner. Dickman also used dredging equipment to create Bahia Beach. Note on top...
Show moreDredging of Ruskin Inlet along west side US 41 in Ruskin. You can see the Coffee Pot Restaurant on the extreme right side of the picture which stood at the SE Corner of US 41 and Shell Point Road. Today's Ruskin Library would be just out of the picture on the right side. Dredging, which was begun by Paul Dickman was used to create additional lands for sale along Ruskin Inlet in several developments created in this manner. Dickman also used dredging equipment to create Bahia Beach. Note on top border indicates 1960s timing. If accurate, likely very early in the decade.
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Identifier
HCC0101RUS298
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Image (JPEG)
Early Ruskin Methodist Church
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Early Ruskin Methodist Church.
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Early photograph of Ruskin Methodist Church.
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HCC0101RUS212
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Early Transportation Mode to Ruskin at Ruskin Landing
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Early Transportation Mode to Ruskin at Ruskin Landing.
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Earliest known photo (c. 1908) of one of two boats that served Ruskin Florida as the only transportation in and out of the town. The name of the boat is not listed. Photo provided by the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce.
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HCC0101RUS411
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Image (JPEG)
First Ruskin Bank
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First Ruskin Bank.
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First Ruskin Bank Building. The First Ruskin Bank was formed in 1961 and served the community until it was sold to Barnett Bank (at the time, Florida's largest bank) on 12-8-1985. At the time of the sale, the Ruskin Bank held $71 million in assets.
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HCC0101RUS342
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Image (JPEG)
Fishing Shacks on Little Manatee
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Fishing Shacks on Little Manatee.
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Looking at the north bank of the Little Manatee River close to its intersection with the Bay. Fishing was an important early industry in Ruskin.
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HCC0101RUS443
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Image (JPEG)
Georgadda M Miller - House
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Georgadda M Miller - House.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS069
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Ground Breaking for First Ruskin Bank
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Ground Breaking for First Ruskin Bank.
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Notes on Reverse: Break Ground for "First Ruskin Bank.: PBD (Paul Dickman) with Shovel. 2nd man to the right of Paul Dickman is Hillsborough County Commissioner Ellsworth Simmons. The bank opened on October 6, 1961 and served the community until it was sold to Barnett Bank on 12-8-1985.
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HCC0101RUS284
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Image (JPEG)
Harriett Orcutt Arriving in Ruskin with Wheeler Family
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Harriett Orcutt Arriving in Ruskin with Wheeler Family.
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Photo of Harriett Orcutt, seated, arriving in Ruskin with the Wheeler Family.
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HCC0101RUS201
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Document (PDF)
Home of Leonard Wilder near Ruskin
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Home of Leonard Wilder near Ruskin.
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Reverse of photo says that this farm picture is of Leonard Wilder's farm near Ruskin. Taken (1912-1915). Wilder was engaged in sugar cane, cane grinding and syrup making. (Sugar cane was a popular early crop for early pioneers in South Hillsborough County.) In looking at the picture, it seems that this is the location of the grinding station (with the horse) and the cooking station (in the open hut.) The exact location of this farm is unknown, although most farms of this nature would have...
Show moreReverse of photo says that this farm picture is of Leonard Wilder's farm near Ruskin. Taken (1912-1915). Wilder was engaged in sugar cane, cane grinding and syrup making. (Sugar cane was a popular early crop for early pioneers in South Hillsborough County.) In looking at the picture, it seems that this is the location of the grinding station (with the horse) and the cooking station (in the open hut.) The exact location of this farm is unknown, although most farms of this nature would have been south of the Little Manatee River.)
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Identifier
HCC0101RUS362
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Image (JPEG)
Kate O'Hare Exhorts Crowd
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Kate O'Hare Exhorts Crowd.
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Kate O"hare was a very well known socialist reformer, author, speaker, agitator for not only socialist causes but women's suffrage and prison reform. She taught at Ruskin College in 1917 on the invitation of Dr. George Miller. That same year, Ms. O'Hare, who lived in Ruskin with her husband and four children, was arrested in Montana and charged under the new US Sedition Act for speaking against US intervention in WWI. She was sentenced to 5 years and served one year in a Missouri Prison....
Show moreKate O"hare was a very well known socialist reformer, author, speaker, agitator for not only socialist causes but women's suffrage and prison reform. She taught at Ruskin College in 1917 on the invitation of Dr. George Miller. That same year, Ms. O'Hare, who lived in Ruskin with her husband and four children, was arrested in Montana and charged under the new US Sedition Act for speaking against US intervention in WWI. She was sentenced to 5 years and served one year in a Missouri Prison. During that time she wrote many letters home to her family which were included in a published book, "Dear Sweethearts". There she discusses many aspects of her reform thinking. In the picture Kate Richards O’Hare addresses crowd in front of the St. Louis Court House on National Women’s Suffrage Day, May 2, 1914.
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Identifier
HCC0101RUS393
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Image (JPEG)
Lavaenders Grocery
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Lavaenders Grocery.
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Lavender's was the principal store for the Ruskin area through the 1940s. Located on the NW corner of Hwy 41 and College Avenue. Utlimately, it burned down
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HCC0101RUS442
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Image (JPEG)
Looking North along US 41 in Ruskin 1929
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Looking North along US 41 in Ruskin 1929.
Abstract/Description
Circa 1929 photo of US 41 looking north in Ruskin, FL. The Coffee Cup is the farthest building on the right (that you can see). On the left, according to Paul B.Dickman is his original Real Estate Office. In 1933 or 34 this building was converted to a warehouse for Dickman's tomato canning plant. It housed machinery and canning tomatoes. Just north of that building was a filling station run by a man named Garrett (later Harry Molz, Sr.)
Identifier
HCC0101RUS410
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Image (JPEG)
One of the craft exhibits at the Ruskin Tomato Festival
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One of the craft exhibits at the Ruskin Tomato Festival.
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Black and white photograph of a craft exhibit with quilts and jarred goods at the 1930 Ruskin Tomato Festival. Recommended citation from USF Scholar Commons: Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 1516. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/robertson_and_fresh/1516
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HCC0101RUS401
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Image (JPEG)

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