Hampton Dunn Phototouring Florida Collection

Journalist Hampton Dunn wrote Photouring Florida as a syndicated column for various Florida newspapers in the 1960s and 70s, such as the Tampa Tribune and Pensacola Daily News. The column featured a brief story written about a single photograph of a Florida landmark. In 1959, he had become head of public relations for the Peninsula Motor Club, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association (AAA), later serving as vice president and president. His constant driving around the state gave Dunn the inspiration for the column, which once ran in as many as fifty newspapers.

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Miami Cubans remember 'Bay of Pigs'

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the perpetual flame monument in Miami commemorating the Bay of Pigs invasion. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
superb survival' of mid-19th century

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the McDougall House, an antebellum home turned into a state-owned home for visiting dignitaries in 1972, in Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'King of the Crackers' endowed education

Includes black and white photograph of a building in Bartow, Florida that was formerly occupied by the Summerlin Institute. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Pete stakes claim as site for Navarez landing
"Tampa Town" was launching pad for Jules Verne

Includes black and white photograph of a landmark in Jules Verne Park (Tampa, Florida). Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
100-year-old post office now "retired"

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old post office at Ellaville (now Madison). Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
aging 'bay view' is 'firm as a rock'

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Howard house, also known as the bay view house, in Melrose. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
All land surveys in Florida begin at this point

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the monument that marks the guide meridian and base parallel for Florida, the starting point for Florida land surveys. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
ancient civil defense shelter

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Ancient home served as a blockhouse

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Palmer-Simpson House in Monticello. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Ancient Indian litterbugs left mound

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Turtle Mound at New Smyrna Beach, created by the Surruque Indiands before the Spanish discovery of Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
And the skeeters gobbled up the bats!

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the bat towers in the Sugar Loaf Key. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Apalachicola church pounded in 1839

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the First Untied Methodist Church of Apalachicola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Architect converted road into retreat for pedestrians

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the conversion of Miami Beach's Lincoln Road to a pedestrian mall by Morris Lapidus. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Artistic Ringling built home, now housing New College

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes John Ringling's estate in Sarasota, later used to house New College. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Assassin aimed at president-elect in Miami

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the assasination attempt against Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, in which Anton J. Cermak was killed, and the memorial to Cermak in Bayfront Park. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Attractive Knott house dates back to 1831

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the W.V. Knott House in Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Battle of Marianna raged around St. Luke's

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Marianna, Florida, and the Civil War battle that occurred there. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Beautiful enough to make an atheist pray Hampton Dunn collection

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine, built by Henry Flagler. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'believe it or not!' bridge

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the dedication of the Thomas E. Edison Bridge, which spans the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Billy Graham trembled before first "crusade" at Peniel

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Billy Graham's first sermon at Palatka's Peniel Baptist Church. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
bit of old Spain in the oldest city

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Casa del Hidalgo, a Spanish house museum in St. Augustine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Blockhouse built in 1837 still 'sound'

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes a blockhouse built during the second Seminole War in Macclenny. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Boca Grande --- hideaway for the rich

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Gasparilla Inn in Boca Grande. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Boca Raton Hotel a legend in its time

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Boca Raton Hotel and Club. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.