Ruskin - Photo Collection
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Painting of First Boat named Kilcare in Ruskin
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Artist is not Identified
Description: Painting (artist unknown) of the first Kilcare, built and operated by A. P. Dickman to serve as transportation to and from Ruskin to Tampa in earliest days of the community.
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First Ruskin Bank
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: First Ruskin Bank Building. The First Ruskin Bank was formed in 1961 and served the community until it was sold to Barnett Bank (at the time, Florida's largest bank) on 12-8-1985. At the time of the sale, the Ruskin Bank held $71 million in assets. more
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Adaline Miller group photo 007 back
Type: Still Image
Member of: Adaline Miller group photo 007, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Dredging on Ruskin Inlet
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Dredging of Ruskin Inlet along west side US 41 in Ruskin. You can see the Coffee Pot Restaurant on the extreme right side of the picture which stood at the SE Corner of US 41 and Shell Point Road. Today's Ruskin Library would be just out of the picture on the right side. Dredging, which was begun by Paul Dickman was used to create additional lands for sale along Ruskin Inlet in several… more
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Georgadda M Miller - house
Type: Still Image
Member of: Georgadda M Miller - House, Ruskin - Photo Collection
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Georgadda M Miller - House
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
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Porch of Hotel on Shell Point 1908
Type: Still Image
Year: 1908, 1908
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: There are few photos of the old hotel, reportedly built on the site of native Ucita (native tribe who lived in the area at the time of DeSoto's entry in Florida) mound at the end of Ruskin's Shell Point. This picture, from the Joni Maschek archives and labeled as a 1908 photo of the Ruskin hotel was the first residence for George Miller and his family. In some of the interviews of the… more
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Adaline Miller house
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: This home, which is today listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits at the corner of today's US 41 and College Avenue. It was reportedly designed by Adaline Miller, based on drawings of a Swiss Chalet that she found in a favored book. The building served Ruskin College as both a classroom and as the home for President George Miller and his wife, and Vice President of the… more
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Reverse Rose Dickman at Tomato Festival
Type: Still Image
Member of: Rose Dickman attends Ruskin Tomato Festival, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Reverse of hccfl:2014
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Rose Dickman attends Ruskin Tomato Festival
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Rose Dickman views the display by the Ruskin Woman's Club Food Display at the undated Ruskin Tomato Festival. more
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Kate O'Hare Exhorts Crowd
Type: Still Image
Year: 1914, 1914
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Publisher: St. Louis Times
Description: Kate O"hare was a very well known socialist reformer, author, speaker, agitator for not only socialist causes but women's suffrage and prison reform. She taught at Ruskin College in 1917 on the invitation of Dr. George Miller. That same year, Ms. O'Hare, who lived in Ruskin with her husband and four children, was arrested in Montana and charged under the new US Sedition Act for… more
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Early Transportation Mode to Ruskin at Ruskin Landing
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Earliest known photo (c. 1908) of one of two boats that served Ruskin Florida as the only transportation in and out of the town. The name of the boat is not listed. Photo provided by the Ruskin Chamber of Commerce.
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Downtown Ruskin 1950s
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Photo of shopping area in downtown Ruskin, 1950s. Photo: courtesy of HIllsborough County Public Library System
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Georgadda M Miller - photo 0003 back
Type: Still Image
Member of: Georgadda M Miller, Ruskin - Photo Collection
1945 Ruskin School Teachers
Type: Still Image
Year: 1945, 1945
Member of: 1945 Ruskin School Teachers Group Photo, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Group photo of teachers at Ruskin School for the 1945-46 school year. There is some identification of these teachers on the reverse. (Likely Ms. Carrothers in front row, second from left, which will aid in identification.)
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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
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
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Ruskin School. Undated.
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Rose Dickman at the Ruskin Tomato Festival
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
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The Kilcare
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
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
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
Type: Still Image
Member of: Adaline Miller group photo 006, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Home of Leonard Wilder near Ruskin
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
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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
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Well attended concert at Ruskin Amphitheater.
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Reverse 1945 Teachers
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
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
Type: Still Image
Member of: Georgadda M Miller, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Georgadda M Miller Miller, Georgadda
Ruskin Elementary 1912
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Photo of children playing in front of the original Ruskin Elementary school in 1912. This building was used for a number of community meetings, as well as religious services, prior to College buildings being erected later in the decade.
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Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
Description: Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"... farmlands where blacks lived and worked. See interview of Lillie May Jenkins Liverpool. She created a replica of "The Quarters". Note her family's residence circled; including outhouse. more
Harriett Orcutt Arriving in Ruskin with Wheeler Family
Type: Still Image
Year: 1911, 1911
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Harriet Orcutt, Wheeler
Description: Photo of Harriett Orcutt, seated, arriving in Ruskin with the Wheeler Family.
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Shell Point Drive Aerial View
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Aerial View of Shell Point Drive. Little Manatee River and Ruskin Inlet at the base of the photo. Date unknown, but shows newly developed dredged land on the south side of the River and Inlet.
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Willie Walker: Later Owner of Coffee Cup
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Photo Willie Walker, owner of Coffee Cup Restaurant (after Paul and Esther Dickman). Picture is taken at the Coffee Cup under the front Portico.. Date of photo unknown.
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Adaline Miller group photo 007
Type: Still Image
Member of: Adaline Miller group photo 007, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Adaline Miller Miller, Adaline
Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
Looking North along US 41 in Ruskin 1929
Type: Still Image
Year: 1929, 1929
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Circa 1929 photo of US 41 looking north in Ruskin, FL. The Coffee Cup is the farthest building on the right (that you can see). On the left, according to Paul B.Dickman is his original Real Estate Office. In 1933 or 34 this building was converted to a warehouse for Dickman's tomato canning plant. It housed machinery and canning tomatoes. Just north of that building was a filling station… more
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Lavaenders Grocery
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Lavender's was the principal store for the Ruskin area through the 1940s. Located on the NW corner of Hwy 41 and College Avenue. Utlimately, it burned down more
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Reverse Temporary Women's Dorm: Ruskin College
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Temporary Women's Dorm: Ruskin College
Description: Temp woman's dorm, post office more
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Ruskin VFW Post #6287
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Aerial view of Ruskin VFW Memorial Post No 6287. Reverse side of photo indicates this building, which still stands at 5120 US Highway 41 in Ruskin (across from Drive in Theater) was built in 1947. A history of the VFW tells that the chapter was formed in 1946.
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1959 Aerial View of Ruskin
Type: Still Image
Year: 1959, 1959
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Publisher: Burgert Brothers
Description: January 1959 photograph of the Ruskin area. The river at the bottom of the picture is the Little Manatee River. Ruskin lies on the north shore of the River and the Ruskin Inlet. The developing area, in white, at the extreme left of the picture is Paul Dickman's Bahia Beach area, then under construction. more
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Shell Point Tavern c. 1980
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Photo of Shell Point Tavern, once part of Shell Point Fishing Lodge and Marina that was a popular tourist destination in the middle part of the 20th Century. Sunbathing, fishing, roller skating, and Olympic sized pool once stood on the site now home to Ruskin's Shell Point Marina. more
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Ruskin Methodist Church - Postcard
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Publisher: Spalding Publishers
Description: Postcard displaying image of Ruskin Methodist Church. Date unknown. Likely fairly early as tree growth is limited around church. 1930s?
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Ground Breaking for First Ruskin Bank
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Elsworth Simmons, Paul Dickman, Peter Porter
Description: Notes on Reverse: Break Ground for "First Ruskin Bank.: PBD (Paul Dickman) with Shovel. 2nd man to the right of Paul Dickman is Hillsborough County Commissioner Ellsworth Simmons. The bank opened on October 6, 1961 and served the community until it was sold to Barnett Bank on 12-8-1985. more
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1970 Bahia Beach
Type: Still Image
Member of: 1970 Bahia Beach, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: 1970s post card - Bahia Beach Motel-Boatel on Bahia Beach (3 miles west of u.s. 41) Ruskin, Fla. 32 Units - vip rooms with adjoining rooms - air conditioned - tub shower - swimming pool - all beautifully landscaped with private docks for yachts
Womans Club House
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: On National Registry of Buildings
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Ruskin United Methodist Church 80th Anniversary
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Ruskin United Methodist Church, 80th Anniversary publication. Note the 1926 picture of the very first church building in Ruskin.
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Georgadda M Miller
Type: Still Image
Member of: Georgadda M Miller, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Georgadda M Miller Miller, Georgadda
Description: Georgadda is on left. Others not identified.
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Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Early Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church.
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Ruskin Train Station
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Photocopy of early photo of Ruskin Train station which stood south of present day College Avenue and west of US 41. Photo was part of Jonie Maschek's "A Piece of History" series with the News Observer. The location of the original photograph is unknown. This is the only depiction of the train station in HCC Ruskin's Collection. more
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Ruskin Methodist Church - Aerial View
Type: Still Image
Member of: Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church, Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Aerial View of Ruskin Methodist Church. Note sparse surroundings, so likely this photograph is c. 1930.
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Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Ruskin property known as "The Quarters"
1970 Bahia Beach postcard back
Type: Still Image
Member of: 1970 Bahia Beach, Ruskin - Photo Collection
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Ruskin Hall Atop Shell Point Mound C 1910
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: This poor quality photo, contained in a scrap book provided by Mac Miller, is the only known photo of Ruskin Hall, the hotel/sportsmen's club that stood atop the Shell Point mound when George Miller arrived in the area in 1907. The Miller family first lived in this hotel and had an intention to create a new town in the vicinity, to be called Venoa. After realizing that the immediate… more
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Ruskin College Buildings
Type: Still Image
Year: 1916, 1916
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Ruskin College Buildings
Description: Today, this is the Ruskin Woman's Club Building on US41 in Ruskin. At the time of this photograph, the building was used for classes and served, also as the home of President George McA. Miller and his wife Adaline. more
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Ruskin School C 1910
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Early photo of Ruskin school. C. 1910. This is either the first or second building built by early Ruskin colonists. The school accepted students not only from the Colony members but also from "Up the Creek" families in the nearby area. (Photo: appears to be from Joni Maschek collection.) more
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Ruskin Vegetable Corporation Headquarters
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Description: Main headquarters for Ruskin Vegetable Corporation. Still stands in Apollo Beach at original location although it has been converted to a retail outlet for the medicinal marijuana products produced at the adjacent plant. The building is listed on the Hillsborough County register of historic sites, but has not been granted protection as a historical landmark.
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One of the craft exhibits at the Ruskin Tomato Festival
Type: Still Image
Year: 1930, 1930
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection
Contributors: Robertson and Fresh
Publisher: Robertson and Fresh
Description: Black and white photograph of a craft exhibit with quilts and jarred goods at the 1930 Ruskin Tomato Festival. Recommended citation from USF Scholar Commons: Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 1516.
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Temporary Women's Dorm: Ruskin College
Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin - Photo Collection, Temporary Women's Dorm: Ruskin College
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