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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Unimpressive marker notes historic treaty

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the historical marker noting the site of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Union Station was 'out in the boondocks'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Tampa Union Station. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Unusual monument symbolizes friendship

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes monument at Coral Gables' Cartagena Plaza that symbolizes the friendly ties between Coral Gables and its sister city Cartagena, Colombia, Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
U.S. 1 starts here 'at the end of the rainbow'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the beginning point for U.S. Highway 1 in Key West. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
U.S. 'Gibraltar' obsolete before completion

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the fortification of Key West Harbor with Fort Taylor and East Martello Tower. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
U.S. hero built lighthouses in Florida

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the lighthouses at Sand Key and Seahorse Key that are attributed to George Meade. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
U.S.'s first hero of World War II a Floridian

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr.'s involvement in World War II and the Kelly monument in Madison, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Village boasts oldest brick rail station

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the brick railroad station built in 1858 in Lloyd, near Monticello in Jefferson County. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Virginia Dare not first white youngun born in U.S!

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the French colony, established by Jean Ribaut and settled by Rene de Laudonniere, near the present-day Fort Caroline National Memorial. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Wacissa more promising than Tallahassee to Episcopaleans

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Includes black and white photograph of St. John's Church in Tallahassee, Florida. Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the establishment of St. John's Episcopal Church in Wacissa, a plantation settlement near Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Walking dredge had role in building Tamiami Trail

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes how the Tamiami Trail at the Collier Seminole State Park in the Everglades was built and the memorial walking dredge that sits at the park's entrance. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Waltons were freedom-fighters

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Dorothy Walton house in Pensacola and her grave in the St. Michael's Cemetery. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
"Way down upon de Swanee Ribber"

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Stephen Collins Foster memorial in White Springs and the use of Foster's Old folks at home as the Florida state song. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
weather is balmy and so is Fisher'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the monument of Carl Graham Fisher in Miami Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
When Miami lighthouse was a blazing chimney

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes John W.B. Thompson's efforts to keep the lighthouse at Cape Florida on Key Biscayne lighted during the Seminole Wars. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Where Andy Jackson took over Florida for U.S

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the square in Pensacola where Andrew Jackson took possession of Florida for the United States. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Whitehall, the Taj Mahal of North America

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Whitehall, Henry Flagler's Palm Beach home. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Whitty's Drug Store a north Florida landmark

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Whitty's Drug Store, built by Shellie E. Whitty in 1910, in Lee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Who cares what time it is?

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the clock tower on the Hendry County Court House in La Belle. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Who was Jefferson Bell?

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Miami home of Jefferson Bell, society columnist for the Miami Herald. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
world's first scheduled airline

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the historical marker at the end of the Platt St. bridge that commemorates the site where Benoist Aeroplane Co., the world's first scheduled airline, had a terminal. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
world's 'most beautiful' post office

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old post office building in Fort Myers. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
world's most beautiful swimmin' hole

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes how the town of Coral Gables turned a rock quarry into a swimming pool. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
World's most unique monument

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Monument of States in Kissimmee's Lake Front Park. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Wright architecture marks Florida Southern

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on the Florida Southern College campus, including the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.