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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St. Johns River missionaries founded church

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Green Cove Springs. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Michael's history dates back to 1558

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Michael's one of oldest cemeteries in U.S

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the cemetary at St. Michael's in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Nicholas is center of Greek community life

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tarpon Springs. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Stonewall Jackson gave $5 to Tampa church Stonewall Jackson gave five dollars to Tampa church

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes how the first Methodist church was built in Tampa; fund raising included a five dollar donation from Stonewall Jackson. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Story of a lonely, elderly 'princess'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the "House of Josephine," built in Lake Wales by Irwin A. Yarnell for his wife, Josephine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Paul's dates back to territorial days

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Quincy's St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the 19th century. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
St. Pete trademarks: sunshine and benches

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the green benches that Noel Mitchell designed to lign St. Petersburg's sidewalks. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Stranger consider and be wiser' Hampton Dunn collection

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes William Ashley, Tampa's city clerk in 1855, his relationship with his servant, Nancy, and his tombstone. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Sugar mill or mission ruins, it's interesting

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Mission of Atocuimi, which was turned into a sugar mill in the 1830s and deeded to the Florida Sate Historical Society in 1928. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Sweet smell of tobacco permeates old Ybor factory

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the warehouse and cigar factory on 12th and 13th Avenues in Ybor City where Jose Marti delivered speeches. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Tallahassee home represents ante-bellum architecture

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Tallahassee Garden Club's Garden Center, formerly an antebellum home, on North Calhoun Street. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Tallahassee library organized in 1883

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Walker Library, a private library established by David Shelby Walker in 1883 in Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Tampa's first 'skyscraper' still stands

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Almeria Hotel (later known as the Tampa Hotel) in Tampa. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Tangerine was once classy winter resort

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Tangerine Hotel in Brooksville. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
That 'little woman who started a great war'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Harriet Beecher Stowe's home near Jacksonville; all that remained in the 1960s was the carriage house. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
That's a lighthouse - not a missile!

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Cape Canaveral lighthouse. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
They call it 'Moss Hill heritage'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Moss Hill United Methodist Church in Holmes Valley, Washington County, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
They walk in honor at Florida Southern

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the honor walk, begun by Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Timicuan Indians, of Pre-Columbus days, left clan symbols

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Timucuan totem poles at the Florida State Museum in Gainesville. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Timucuans remembered at state park

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the statue honoring Chief Tomokie at the Tomoka State Park near Ormond Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Tragedy interrupted building of "Goodwood"

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Hardy B. Croom's home, called Goodwood, in Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Trinity is Florida's oldest Episcopal church

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Augustine's Trinity Episcopal Church. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Triumph in recalling a golden age

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Vizcaya, the building that houses the Dade County Art Museum, created by James Deering. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
U.D.C. headquarters in 'Patten House'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Gamble House in Ellenton. Major George Patten lived in the Gamble House after the Civil War, and the State Parks Board bought it in 1967, at which time the United Daughters of the Confederacy began using it as their headquarters. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.