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Bahia Beach Collection

Description
Bahia Beach was created by Developers Paul and Lyle Dickman as a popular bay beach facility. This collection includes photos and artifacts relative to that resort area. Today it is known as Little Harbor, containing a resort hotel, restaurants, homes, and marina facilities.
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Displaying 16 - 30 of 34

Bahia Beach Post Card Hotel View

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Contributors: R. S. Spann
Publisher: Dexter Press
Description: Aerial View of Quality Inn at Bahia Beach
Full Text: Dexter Press … http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ …

River Bend Hunting Preserve

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Resort guests could also partake in hunting as a resort activity. Bahia Beach was affiliated with the River Bend Hunting Preserve in Ruskin and offered guests the opportunity to hunt local game: particular pheasant and other game birds. The Preserve provided train retriever dogs to assist the hunters. Trained guides also accompanied guests.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Schematic of Bahia Beach Home Built By Paul Dickman

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Schematic drawing of home built by Paul and Esther Dickman on Bahia Beach. Prepared by Cesar Alfonso, Architect, from Tampa Florida. Home still standing at Bahia Beach by private owners. Note attached to file indicates home was built in the 1960s.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Scene

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Note Ruskin Marina sign at extreme right of photo.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Northern End of Bahia Beach

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Early picture of Bahia Beach, frequently used for early advertising purposes. Note the large Ruskin Marina sign on the right.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Resort overlooking Tampa Bay

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Aerial view of Bahia Beach looking west towards Tampa Bay and St. Pete in the distance. Note the "kiddie" rides in the foreground, the marina and the white sandy beaches. Bahia Beach was a resort that catered to all ages more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Early Development Planning

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: An early plan of the proposed development for Bahia Beach. Note the completed restaurant, hotel and Paul Dickman residence for orientation.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

The "Bahia Queen" Paddle Boat

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: The "Bahia Queen" paddle boat ran daily excursions from Bahia Beach up the Little Manatee River until Bahia Beach was sold by the Dickmans in the 1970s. The reverse side of this photo indicates that Paul Dickman found this riverboat, along with the dredge used to dredge out land for Bahia Beach, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Pennant

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Marketing Bahia Beach 1

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection, Marketing Brochure for Bahia Beach
Description: Front page of Marketing Brochure
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Florida Queen out of Bahia Beach

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: The Florida Queen was the sister ship (albeit somewhat larger) to the Bahia Queen. Sightseeing tours and jungle cruises occupied guests in this popular attraction.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Swimming

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Bahia Beach was designed for both the casual visitor as well as staying on site at the Bahia Beach Boatel. Here is a photo of the swimming faclities at the Beach where guests swam in the warm waters of Tampa Bay. (Note the sign on the left for the Bahia Beach Marina, an important land mark for boaters arriving at the resort.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Queen Jungle Cruises

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: Jungle Cruises on the Bahia Queen took guests on a leisurely cruise in lower Tampa Bay and up the "wild" Little Manatee River. more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Marketing Bahia Beach 2

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection, Marketing Brochure for Bahia Beach
Description: Page 2 of Marketing Brochure
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Bahia Beach Public Pier

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Bahia Beach Collection
Description: The public pier at Bahia Beach. Tie your boat up for the day or swimming fishing, hunting, or sightseeing.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

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