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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Elegant hostelery of the 80's still stands

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Ormond Hotel at Ormond Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Enterprise was the Palm Beach of an earlier day

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Includes black and white photograph of a historic building in Enterprise, Florida. Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the town of Enterprise, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Eons ago, the [sic] both rumbled over Florida Eons ago, they both rumbled over Florida

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Pleistocene mammoth statue east of Bartow and the numerous fossils discovered during phosphate mining in the region. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Erosion has plagued Cape San Blas Lighthouse

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Cape San Blas lighthouse. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Ex-congressman once 'ruled' Amelia Island

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that the early ownership of Amelia Island and the historical marker dedicated to the Battle of Amelia Island./ Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Expensive boomtime lands survives assault

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the planned town of Coral Gables. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Extinct' key deer now abound in the Keys

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fashionable Bulow Plantation in ruins

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Bulow Plantation in Ormond Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fernandina hotel rich in history

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Keystone Hotel in Fernandina Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fiery Jose Marti remembered in Ybor City

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the statue honoring JosÃ© MartÃ in Ybor City. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
fine hotel named for an opera star

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Don Ce-Sar Hotel, built by Thomas Rowe in St. Petersburg. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
First flush 'john' brought fame to this house

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the first flush toilet in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
First Methodist circuit rider built ante-bellum home

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Wirick-Simmons mansion in Monticello, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
First 'Road of Remembrance' in nation

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Road of Remembrance on Tampa's Memorial Highway. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
"Flagler's Folly" linked Key West to Mainland

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Overseas Highway at the end of U.S. 1 in Key West and its origins as a railroad bridge built by Henry Flagler. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Flagler's rolling 'home' retired in elegance

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Henry Flagler's private railroad car. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida boasts world's largest cypress

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the cypress tree in Longwood thought to be the largest cypress in the world and the largest tree in the Eastern United States. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida capitol old as the state itself

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the building of the Capitol building in Tallahassee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida history on display at odd spot

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the murals, painted by John St. John, that decorate Coral Gables' sewage treatment plant. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida mecca for millionaires

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Tampa Bay Hotel, built by Henry Plant. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida's haven for shipwrecked sailors

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes how the U.S. Life Saving Service built Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge on Hutchinson Island to help shipwrecked sailors . Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida's oldest inhabited community

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Crystal River archaeological site. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida's oldest Presbyterian church

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church in Argyle, a small town in Walton County. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida's oldest saloon built in 1878

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Palace Saloon in Fernandina Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Florida's own Foucault Pendulum

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Foucault Pendulum in the University of South Florida's physics building. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.