Postcard of Bahia Beach. Year unknown. Illustrating pool area and marina.

Ruskin Ski Bees performing at Bahia Beach. Year unknown. Photo is grainy

Three sons of Lyle and Margaret Dickman. Man taking photo in the picture is identified as Willard D. Miller (who would have been an uncle to the boys.) The man standing at the far right is unidentified. The boys are (from Left) Paul R. Dickman, Glenn K. Dickman, and Edward L. (Ned) Dickman. (Information contained on note accompanying the photo.) Note also indicates that the photo was taking at the A. P. Dickman house.

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.

Note indicate that this painting of Lyle Cralle Dickman was created from a photograph for the family.

Painting of Paul B. Dickman

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.

The Ruskin Ski Bees were a local water skiing performance team that performed frequently at Bahia Beach. (Similar to the popular Cypress Garden performances.) This photo may or may not have been for the show on opening day in January 1960. The performance took place in the "Back Basin" of the resort according to a note on the reverse side of this photo.

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.

This collection houses photographs of the A. P. Dickman extended family for three generations.