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Sun City Center Plaza - 1962
Title
Sun City Center Plaza - 1962.
Abstract/Description
Stylized photograph/drawing of Sun City Center Plaza in 1962.
Identifier
HCC0101SCC010
Format
Image (JPEG)
Wimauma Train Station - 1962
Title
Wimauma Train Station - 1962.
Abstract/Description
Train at Wimauma Train Station in 1962
Identifier
HCC0101WIM002
Format
Image (JPEG)
The Human Blockhead
Title
The Human Blockhead.
Abstract/Description
Melvin Burkhart, shown in this 1978 file photo, in Gibsonton, Fla., was known in the carnival circle as "The Human Blockhead" for his ability to hammer a spike into his head through a cavity behind his nostril.
Identifier
HCC0101GIB023
Format
Image (JPEG)
Gardenville School - 1926
Title
Gardenville School - 1926.
Abstract/Description
Photograph of 1926 school building in Gibsonton Florida. (Gardenville School)
Identifier
HCC0101GIB026
Format
Image (JPEG)
Al and Jeannie Tomaini
Title
Al and Jeannie Tomaini.
Abstract/Description
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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Identifier
HCC0101GIB028
Format
Image (JPEG)
Al Tomaini
Title
Al Tomaini.
Abstract/Description
Al Tomaini with unknown Carnival Worker.
Identifier
HCC0101GIB29
Format
Image (JPEG)
1880 - A. P. and Rose Dickman
Title
1880 - A. P. and Rose Dickman.
Abstract/Description
Photographic portrait of A. P. and Rose Dickman, one of three founding Dickman families who came to Ruskin along with George McA. Miller.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS093
Format
Image (JPEG)
A. P. Dickman
Title
A. P. Dickman.
Abstract/Description
Photographic Portrait of A. P. Dickman. Undated, but likely around 1880.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS094
Format
Image (JPEG)
Aerial View of Apollo Beach - 1957
Title
Aerial View of Apollo Beach - 1957.
Abstract/Description
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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Identifier
HCC0101AB014
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Image (JPEG)
Fort Lonesome Grocery
Title
Fort Lonesome Grocery.
Abstract/Description
Photo of Fort Lonesome Grocery. Note man on horseback. Appears to be a political picture by a man named Dougherty seeking electoral support.
Identifier
HCC0101FL001
Format
Image (JPEG)
Giant's Camp and Restaurant
Title
Giant's Camp and Restaurant.
Abstract/Description
Giant's Fish camp, owned by Al and Jeanie Tomaini, stood just south of the Alafia River, on US 41 (west side). The restaurant and camp continued to operate until 1999, and closed after the death of Jeanie.
Identifier
HCC0101GIB030
Format
Image (JPEG)
1936 Map South of Alafia River
Title
1936 Map South of Alafia River.
Abstract/Description
This map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route system was established, and it existed for only about 20 years. US 541 essentially functioned as a long business loop off...
Show moreThis map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route system was established, and it existed for only about 20 years. US 541 essentially functioned as a long business loop off US 41; its south end was not far from Tampa, in Palmetto:
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Identifier
HCC0101SHC051
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Image (JPEG)
US 541 and US 41
Title
US 541 and US 41.
Abstract/Description
This 1940 map by Rand McNally shows that US 541 is today's US 41 and that US 41 originally was the name for today's US 301. It was not until the 1950s that US 541 was eliminated and US 41 was moved onto the former US 541 south of Tampa; US 301 ran along what had been US 41.
Identifier
HCC0101SHC052
Format
Image (JPEG)
Jones Filling Station - Sun City
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)
Original Al Tomaini Boot Memorial
Title
Original Al Tomaini Boot Memorial.
Abstract/Description
After Al Tomaini's death in 1962, his wife, Jeanie, placed a 35 inch boot outside of their home, as a memorial. This picture is of the unrestored boot. When Jeanie died in 1999, the property was sold to Mosaic Company and shortly after that, the boot went missing. To honor the family Mosaic, with the help of Gibsonton residents, created a park on the site of Giant's Fish Camp, and today a full size replica of the boot is on site to memorialize Al.
Identifier
HCC0101GIB031
Format
Image (JPEG)
Old School House at Picnic
Title
Old School House at Picnic.
Abstract/Description
The old school house at Picnic, originally housed in the general store, but moved to the intersection with the Road to Fort Lonesome.
Identifier
HCC0101PIC001
Format
Image (JPEG)
Benjamin and Sarah Moody
Title
Benjamin and Sarah Moody.
Abstract/Description
Ben Moody is generally regarded as the first settler, along with his six children, who moved to what is now Riverview in 1842. He was one of the original founders of the Methodist Church. His wife Sarah is picture with him.
Identifier
HCC0101RIV031
Format
Image (JPEG)
Ruskin College Basketball Team
Title
Ruskin College Basketball Team.
Abstract/Description
Ruskin College Basketball Team. Picture is undated, but likely dates around 1916-1917, as most of the young men would have left for WW1 by mid 1917.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS095
Format
Image (JPEG)
Ruskin One Room School - 1927
Title
Ruskin One Room School - 1927.
Abstract/Description
1927 Photograph of the one room school in Ruskin, Fl. Teacher is identified as Frances Carothers, long time teacher and principal of the school. (Photo identified by Mac Miller). On right front is Frances Romayne Phillips, at age 14 (mother of Helen and Lucille)
Identifier
HCC0101RUS096
Format
Image (JPEG)
Ruskin School
Title
Ruskin School.
Abstract/Description
Ruskin School. Undated.
Identifier
HCC0101RUS097
Format
Image (JPEG)

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