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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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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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Ruskin Amphitheater Concert.
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Well attended concert at Ruskin Amphitheater.
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Ruskin Hall Atop Shell Point Mound C 1910.
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This poor quality photo, contained in a scrap book provided by Mac Miller, is the only known photo of Ruskin Hall, the hotel/sportsmen's club that stood atop the Shell Point mound when George Miller arrived in the area in 1907. The Miller family first lived in this hotel and had an intention to create a new town in the vicinity, to be called Venoa. After realizing that the immediate surrounding lands could ill support agricultural he, along with the Dickman's, negotiated with Captain C. H....
Show moreThis poor quality photo, contained in a scrap book provided by Mac Miller, is the only known photo of Ruskin Hall, the hotel/sportsmen's club that stood atop the Shell Point mound when George Miller arrived in the area in 1907. The Miller family first lived in this hotel and had an intention to create a new town in the vicinity, to be called Venoa. After realizing that the immediate surrounding lands could ill support agricultural he, along with the Dickman's, negotiated with Captain C. H. Davis of Wimauma to purchase 12,000 acres along the Little Manatee River which was platted into the town of Ruskin. Ruskin Hall, sometimes referred to as Ruskin Lodge, burned to the ground in 1918. Not long after the shell that comprised the mound was carted off to help pave Shell Point Road, thus destroying this important archeological site.
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HCC0101RUS417
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Ruskin Amphitheater Voices in The Wind.
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A decade before the premier of Cross and Sword, which eventually became Florida's Official State Play, the state had another big outdoor musical historical drama in operation. Voice In The Wind was produced at the Suncoast Theatre on US 41 in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. Voice In The Wind ran from mid-March to mid-May in the mid-1950's, and, according to AAA, portrayed "the history of Florida, weaving the music and dance of the Spanish, English, Indians and Negroes into the legends of the...
Show moreA decade before the premier of Cross and Sword, which eventually became Florida's Official State Play, the state had another big outdoor musical historical drama in operation. Voice In The Wind was produced at the Suncoast Theatre on US 41 in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. Voice In The Wind ran from mid-March to mid-May in the mid-1950's, and, according to AAA, portrayed "the history of Florida, weaving the music and dance of the Spanish, English, Indians and Negroes into the legends of the area." This photo is of that play. It ran for only one year, 1956 Photo: Courtesy of Hillsborough County Public Library System
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HCC0101RUS416
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Ruskin Amphitheater Seating Section 1956.
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This is a photo of the Ruskin Amphitheater built to house an outdoor drama Voices in Wind, 1956. The amphitheater stood south of College Avenue,and north of US 41, but exact location has not yet been determined. Photo Courtesy of the Hillsborough County Public Library System
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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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Shell Point Marina c 1950 Recreation Center.
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In the 1940s and 1950s, at the end of Shell Point Road, stood the Shell Point Recreation complex, very popular with local residents. In its earlier days, two docks, a swimming pool and a skating rink were on the property along with a restaurant and bar. Waterside cottages (not pictured) were on the site as well. Today, the Shell Point Marina occupies the spot. This land is historically very important as it is believed to be the location of a large native mound, that was the center piece of...
Show moreIn the 1940s and 1950s, at the end of Shell Point Road, stood the Shell Point Recreation complex, very popular with local residents. In its earlier days, two docks, a swimming pool and a skating rink were on the property along with a restaurant and bar. Waterside cottages (not pictured) were on the site as well. Today, the Shell Point Marina occupies the spot. This land is historically very important as it is believed to be the location of a large native mound, that was the center piece of small native town peopled by the Uzita. Hernando de Soto likely saw this mound on his entry into the Bay and targeted it for his first incursion into what is now South Hillsborough County. While in some dispute, de Soto's landing spot was near Piney Point where he off loaded his troops and marched them north, crossing the Little Manatee River at approximately the site of Camp Bayou today, before marching back to the bay to capture the native village (which had been abandoned.) De Soto's likely first encampment was at this site. The site is also historically relevant as a sportsmen's hotel was built on the mound in the early part of the 20th Century. It was at this site that George Miller and his family first stayed when they arrived in the area in 1907. His initial intent was to establish a town that he called Venoa on the site but determined a larger, more farmable spot was necessary. From here he bought the 12,000 acres (along with his brother's in law, the Dickman's, to establish the colony of Ruskin.
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Ruskin School C 1910.
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Early photo of Ruskin school. C. 1910. This is either the first or second building built by early Ruskin colonists. The school accepted students not only from the Colony members but also from "Up the Creek" families in the nearby area. (Photo: appears to be from Joni Maschek collection.)
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HCC0101RUS412
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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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Looking North along US 41 in Ruskin 1929.
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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.)
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Ruskin Amphitheater Ready for Demolition.
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Copy of photograph of the old Ruskin Amphitheater prior to its eventual demolition. The theater was built in mid-century to hold an outdoor drama in an effort to attract tourists. That effort, while initially successful, did not see the outdoor drama last beyond a short season. In later years the Ruskin Tomato Festival was held on the amphitheater grounds. (The site has not been formally identified, but it appears to have been south of College Avenue on the east side of US 41.)
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Porch of Hotel on Shell Point 1908.
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There are few photos of the old hotel, reportedly built on the site of native Ucita (native tribe who lived in the area at the time of DeSoto's entry in Florida) mound at the end of Ruskin's Shell Point. This picture, from the Joni Maschek archives and labeled as a 1908 photo of the Ruskin hotel was the first residence for George Miller and his family. In some of the interviews of the children (some of which are contained in the site, you will find references to their time in this hotel....
Show moreThere are few photos of the old hotel, reportedly built on the site of native Ucita (native tribe who lived in the area at the time of DeSoto's entry in Florida) mound at the end of Ruskin's Shell Point. This picture, from the Joni Maschek archives and labeled as a 1908 photo of the Ruskin hotel was the first residence for George Miller and his family. In some of the interviews of the children (some of which are contained in the site, you will find references to their time in this hotel. Miller's first goal was to create a town in the vicinity of the hotel, which he intended to call Venoa, was abandoned because of the difficult terrain at the end of Shell Point. At that point, he began searching for land on properties owned an abandoned lumber camp which included lands along the Little Manatee River where Ruskin is now located.
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HCC0101RUS403
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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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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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Ruskin Vegetable Corporation c 1932.
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Earliest known photo of the Ruskin Vegetable Coopertive built in what was then known as North Ruskin. (Now Apollo Beach). This cooperative was headed by Paul Dickman and 13 (approximately) other farmers who banded together to market their vegetable products. The cooperative was very successful in creating the Ruskin Brand of vegetables.
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Ruskin Elementary 1912.
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Photo of children playing in front of the original Ruskin Elementary school in 1912. This building was used for a number of community meetings, as well as religious services, prior to College buildings being erected later in the decade.
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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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Ruskin Train Station.
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Photocopy of early photo of Ruskin Train station which stood south of present day College Avenue and west of US 41. Photo was part of Jonie Maschek's "A Piece of History" series with the News Observer. The location of the original photograph is unknown. This is the only depiction of the train station in HCC Ruskin's Collection.
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Ruskin Commongood Store.
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A relatively poor photo of the Ruskin Commongood Store. It was here where basic supplies were available to all residents of Ruskin. Payment could be made in cash or in scrip provided to residents who worked at projects authorized by the Ruskin Commongood organization.
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