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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Matanzas is Spanish for 'massacre'

Hampton Dunn

Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Fort Matanzas National Monument. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Menendez ousted French from Florida

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the establishment of Fort Caroline. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Me whip' future president

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Zachary Taylor and Billy Bowlegs' roles int he Battle of Okeechobee during the Second Seminole War. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Miami's salute to good neighbors to south

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Torch of Friendship monument in Miami. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Mizner left mark on West Coast coast, also

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Addison MIzner's buildings, focusing on those located in Florida, especially the Park Street home in St. Petersburg. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Modern Tallahassee surrounds slave quarters

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the slave cabins still standing in Tallahassee in the late 1960s. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Monticello has oldest brick building in state

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Jefferson County High School building in Monticello and its history as a the Jefferson Academy during the antebellum era. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Monticello's old opera house being restored

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the restoration of the opera house, located in the Perkins Building, in Monticello. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
monument on the Biscayne Bay Isle

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the monument honoring Henry Flagler in Miami. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Monument salutes volunteers in Indian War

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes monument in Fort Meade's Wildwood Park that honors volunteer soldiers in the Second Seminole War. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
monument to unrequited love

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the "coral castle" the Edward Leedskalnin built in Homestead. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Moreno cottage was honeymoon nest in 1879

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the honeymoon cottage in Pensacola that Francisco Moreno built for his daughter, Pearl, and her husband in 1879. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Mother of Miami' lured Flagler with orange blossoms

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Julia Tuttle's efforts to have Henry Flagler extend his railroad to Miami. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Mothers made this country great

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes statue, donated by the Cuban brotherhood of Orden Caballero de la Luz erected in Tampa's Plant Park, in honor of motherhood. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Mulberry tries to save namesake tree

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the town of Mulberry's attempt to save its oldest tree. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Musicians now use old Coral Gables Inn

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Musicians' Club of America, headquartered in the former Coral Gables Inn, in Coral Gables. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Napoleon's aide settle 'God's own resting place'

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes Dr. Odet Phillip, the first white settler of Safety Harbor (previously Espiritu Santo). Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Navy air station buildings are old Hampton Dunn collection

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Navy Yard buildings in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
'Neighbor John' dispensed shiny dimes at Ormond

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes John D. Rockefeller's wintering in Ormond Beach. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Nothing's changed at All Saints since '83

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes All Saints Episcopal Church in Enterprise. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Not the 'oldest house' but still an oldie

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the oldest house in St. Augustine. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
"Old 91" is handsome Key West landmark

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old customs and post office buildings, later called "old 91," in Key West. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
Old Brandon home is Brandon landmark

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Jim Brandon home in Brandon. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
old chimney to be preserved Hampton Dunn collection

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the old chimney, all that remains of the Hyer-Knowles Planning Mill in Pensacola. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.
old country store is back

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Typescript of Photouring Florida column that describes the Adams Country Store in White Springs. Date is approximate. Ca. 1960s.