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Ruskin - Photo Collection

Description
Historical Photos of Ruskin, Florida
Language
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1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo

1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Group photo of Ruskin School Teachers for the school year, 1945-46. The reverse does contain identifying names. It is believed that Ruth Carrothers was the second from the left in the front road, which may help in identifying individual teachers.
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Fishing Shacks on Little Manatee

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Looking at the north bank of the Little Manatee River close to its intersection with the Bay. Fishing was an important early industry in Ruskin.
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Ruskin School

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Ruskin School. Undated.
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Rose Dickman at the Ruskin Tomato Festival

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Rose Dickman attends Ruskin Tomato Festival, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Rose Dickman attending the Woman's Club Food Stand at the undated Ruskin Tomato Festival more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

The Kilcare

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: One of the few known photograph's of The Kilcare. Piloted by A. P. Dickman, the Kilcare sailed regular shipping runs to Tampa to gather both supplies for the new community as well as transport prospective buyers in early Ruskin. For several years (1908 to approximately 1914), boat transportation was the primary route in and out of Ruskin. more
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Ruskin Amphitheater Ready for Demolition

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Copy of photograph of the old Ruskin Amphitheater prior to its eventual demolition. The theater was built in mid-century to hold an outdoor drama in an effort to attract tourists. That effort, while initially successful, did not see the outdoor drama last beyond a short season. In later years the Ruskin Tomato Festival was held on the amphitheater grounds. (The site has not been formally… more

Shell Point Marina c 1950 Recreation Center

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: In the 1940s and 1950s, at the end of Shell Point Road, stood the Shell Point Recreation complex, very popular with local residents. In its earlier days, two docks, a swimming pool and a skating rink were on the property along with a restaurant and bar. Waterside cottages (not pictured) were on the site as well. Today, the Shell Point Marina occupies the spot. This land is historically very… more
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Adaline Miller group photo 006 back

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Adaline Miller group photo 006, Ruskin - Photo Collection

Home of Leonard Wilder near Ruskin

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Reverse of photo says that this farm picture is of Leonard Wilder's farm near Ruskin. Taken (1912-1915). Wilder was engaged in sugar cane, cane grinding and syrup making. (Sugar cane was a popular early crop for early pioneers in South Hillsborough County.) In looking at the picture, it seems that this is the location of the grinding station (with the horse) and the cooking station (in the… more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Early Ruskin Methodist Church

Early Ruskin Methodist Church
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Early photograph of Ruskin Methodist Church.
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Ruskin Amphitheater Concert

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Well attended concert at Ruskin Amphitheater.
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Reverse 1945 Teachers

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Type: Still Image
Member of: 1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Reverse of 2011.
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Ruskin Amphitheater Voices in The Wind

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: A decade before the premier of Cross and Sword, which eventually became Florida's Official State Play, the state had another big outdoor musical historical drama in operation. Voice In The Wind was produced at the Suncoast Theatre on US 41 in Ruskin, just south of Tampa. Voice In The Wind ran from mid-March to mid-May in the mid-1950's, and, according to AAA, portrayed "the… more
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Georgadda M Miller

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Georgadda M Miller, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Georgadda M Miller Miller, Georgadda

Adaline Miller house

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Adaline Miller house, Ruskin - Photo Collection

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