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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Historic Dorothy Walton house restored

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Walton House in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic old Drew Mansion rots away

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes George Franklin Drew's Ellaville home near the Madison. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic Pensacola's most historic structure

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Widow Troulett house, also known as the Charles LaValle house, in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic St. Paul's Organized Christmas Day, 1832

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Key West. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Historic Suwannee once called 'Guasaca Esqui'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Suwannee River. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
History is lost on old fort at New Symrna

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old Spanish fort on New Smyrna Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
HMS Bounty replica rests in peace

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the replica on the HMS Bounty that was on display at St. Petersburg's Vinoy Park Basin during the 1960s. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Homely rector's photo paid to roof church

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Fernandina Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Home of "The Tallahassee girl"

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Richard Call's home, known as the Grove, which later provided the setting for Maurice Thompson's The Tallahassee girl. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Home owned by Governor Perry still stands

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the history of Governor Edward A. Perry's former residence, now a Scottish Rite temple, in Pensacloa, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hoover Dike protects 'Big Water' (Lake Okeechobee)

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the construction of Hoover Dike on Lake Okeechobee after extensive flooding caused by hurricanes in the 1920s. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Horses, carriages gone --- but Lakeside Inn lives on

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Lakeside Inn near Mount Dora. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
hotel built by a citizens committee

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel in Lake Wales, Florida. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hotel of 1890's now houses antiques

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the James Ernest Westbrook house, which was later turned into an antique shop, in Hernando County. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
house built to last for centuries

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes William Jennings Bryan's home in Miami. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
How 'Duke of Dunnellon' discovered phosphate

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Albertus Vogt's discovery of phosphate in Dunnellon. Article accompanied by a photo of Dunnellon resident Billy Roland standing by the historical marker at the site of Vogt's "lucky strike." Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Hulley Tower memorializes Stetson leader

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Hulley tower, in honor of Lincoln Hully, at Stetson University. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Hurricane-proof' inn success from the start

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the building of the New River Inn. New River Inn was later known as the City Hall Annex Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Indian chief's head dress was a lighthouse reflector

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse on the Ponce Inlet. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Indians frolicked at Florida playground area

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the "playground area" of Fort Walton Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Indian Springs church building built in 1854 Hampton Dunn collection

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Indian Springs Baptist Church is Miccosukee. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Inspirational monument to gravity

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the monument at the University of Tampa erected by the Gravity Research Foundation to inspire students to study of gravity. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Interesting 'sermons in stones' form Rollins' walk

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the the "walk of fame" at Rollins College that was constructed from stones from famous people's homes. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Is world's most photographed vessel

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Jose Gasparilla, the flagship of Tampa's Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
"It is not anybody's damn business..."

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Ft. George Island's Zephaniah Kingsley, a coffee buyer and slave trader during the first decades of the 19th century. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.