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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Florida town that was to supplant Hollywood

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the town of Sun City and its unrealized aspirations to become the world's film capital. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fort DeSoto built during Spanish-American War

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the construction of Fort De Soto. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fort Pierce displays relics from the waters

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the materials salvaged from shipwrecks on display at Fort Pierce. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Fort San Carlos' yo-yo ownership

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Spanish, French, and English rivalries to control Fort San Carlos (near present-day Pensacola). Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
fort was built around the lighthouse

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the lighthouse, surrounded by Fort Jefferson, on the Dry Tortugas. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Frederick Delius found himself in Florida

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Frederick Delius' homes in Jacksonville and Picolata and his composition of the "Florida" suite. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Gamble mansion was hideout for Confederate official

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Gamble mansion in Ellenton and Judah P. Benjamin's visit there in 1865. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Gangster John Ashley lost eye in bank robbery

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Ashley gang robbery at the Bank of Stuary. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
General Grant didn't build that interesting house

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the urban legend claiming that a house near Altamonte Springs belonged to General Grant. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Gettysburg hero designed Florida lighthouse

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Jupiter lighthouse which George G. Meade designed. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
giant welcome to John Ringling Hotel guests

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the John Ringling Hotel, later called the John Ringling Towers, in Sarasota. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Governor's grove a symbol of friendship

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the roadside citrus grove established near Clermont by the Minute Maid Corporation in 1958. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Governor's residence truly an antique

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old governor's residence in St. Augustine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Gracious living in the South in the 1800s

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Eden estate at the southeast corner of Choctawhatchee Bay in Point Washington. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'great cross --- beacon of the faith'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the large cross on the grouns of the Mission of Nombre de Dios on Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
greatest jigsaw puzzle of them all

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes a Spanish Monastery that was reassembled in North Miami. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
great freeze' caused church to move

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Luke's Church of Narcoossee, which was moved to St. Cloud in 1930 and rename the Church of St. Luke and St. Peter Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
great physician was born and died here

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the house in Key West where Dr. Joseph Yates-Porter was born and died. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hamilton Disston organized Kissimmee church

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. John's Episcopal Church in Kissimmee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hemingway's hangout

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Sloppy Joe's, one of Hemingway's favorite bars in Key West. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
He missed being U.S. Senator by one vote

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the memorial to Col. William D. Chipley in Pensacola's Plaza Ferdinand. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hickory Island home built in 1855

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes a Hickory Island, small community near Yankeetown, and Andrew Elton Hodges' antebellum home there. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hindu temple with Christian cross is meditation spot

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes an imported Hindu temple and its surrounding Garden of Meditation on the Florida Southern College campus in Lakeland. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic church in state's 'forgotten port'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old Methodist Church building in MIddleburg. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic city gate guards St. Augustine

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the city gate in St. Augustine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.