Browse Items (19 total)
-
"Bill's" Hobe Sound, Florida on U.S. 1, 30 miles north of Palm Beach, c. 1935
Roadside attraction, including a thatched building labeled "Indian Village," a small store with fruit juices, and a garage. "Ugly Will Bill's Indian Village and zoo" opened in 1937, a roadside tourist attraction created by Bill and Bessie Meredith as an addition to their gas station. The "Indian village" included two married couples and several children. One of the men, Richard Osceola, demonstrated alligator wrestling. The tourist attraction also included a small zoo with an alligator, monkeys, racoons, squirrels, possums, snakes, and a lion as well as a lunchroom and gift shop.
Low quality digital image. -
Hobe Sound Bible College, 1973
Main entrance to Hobe Sound Bible College and Sea Breeze Campus.
Low quality digital image. -
Alligator Joe postcards, c. 1905
"Alligator Joe," Warren Frazee (1873-1915) operated an attraction near the gilded hotels of Palm Beach from the late 1890s until 1915. He also opened another attraction in Miami in 1906 and toured northern cities. -
Turtle Crawls, Key West, Fla., c. 1955
Crowd of people watch a large turtle being slid up a wooden ramp from a pen in the water. Caption on back: "Crawls for hundreds of giant turtles are interesting attractions. Some of these weigh almost 300 pounds." Turtle crawls, or kraals, were large saltwater holding pens, which were open for tourists to view in the 1950s. -
Hobe Sound Florida brochure, c. 1955
Brochure: Hobe Sound Florida on U.S. 1 and A1A published by the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce. Includes ads of local businesses; photos of St. Christopher's Catholic Church, Community Presbyterian Church, Hobe Sound Elementary School, Post Office Building, Bubble House, farmland, beach and landscapes, and the Hobe Sound Community Center; and a short article "Hobe Sound Invites You."Tags Tourism -
Martin County Florida Pictorial : Chamber of Commerce brochure, c. 1955
Folding brochure: Sail into Fun and Good Living! Martin County Florida Pictorial, distributed by the Chamber of Commerce, Stuart, Florida. Photos in this brochure are by Arthur Ruhnke and Earl Dyer Ricou. Features chiefly images of Martin County.Tags Tourism -
Stuart and vicinity map and brochure, 1925
Two sided flyer. One side is a map of Stuart on the St. Lucie, Palm Beach County, issued by Stuart Commercial Club, H.C. Whipple, artist. The other side feature descriptions of the attractions of the area. Martin County was created from parts of Palm Beach County and St. Lucie County. -
Tourist exhibit, c. 1925
Three images of a small hut topped by palmetto leaves, with signs for a free "tourist exhibit." Another sign declares "warning business section 15 mi." Another sign has photos of cars. -
Alligator tourist attraction, c. 1920
A single alligator in a small, fenced encloser, a tourist attraction. This may be the pen of alligators that Stanley Kitching kept alongside his store. -
"Come to Stuart" postcard, 1939
Images of several recreational activities highlight the reasons to "Come South To Water-Cooled Florida!"Tags Tourism