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Visitors to the Quadcentennial Center in Pensacola, 1959.


The German Pavilion at Disney World, Orlando, 1983.

Tourism • Books & Film

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Art of the Florida Art of the Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians
The artistic tradition that in the past sustained Florida Indians helps identify them today as posse ...read more
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Beyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida Beyond the Theme Parks: Exploring Central Florida
This book invites you to visit the number-one vacation destination in the world and see sights that ...read more
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Bike Week at Daytona Beach:  Bad Boys and Fancy Toys Bike Week at Daytona Beach: Bad Boys and Fancy Toys
When photojournalist and writer Roby Page first started trekking to Daytona Beach for Bike Week in 1 ...read more
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Celebrating Florida: Works of the Art from the Vickers Collection Celebrating Florida: Works of the Art from the Vickers Collection
Celebrating Florida presents for the first time a full-color collection of 66 important paintings, d ...read more
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Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities Florida Folklife: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities
The exhibit "Florida Folklife, Traditional Arts in Contemporary Communities" is an introductory over ...read more
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Follow that Dream Follow that Dream
When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervis ...read more
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Honky Tonk Freeway Honky Tonk Freeway
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a ...read more
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Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art
Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art includes an overall view of folk arts in Florida and individu ...read more
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Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida
Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida highlights the environmental and economic significance o ...read more
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Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando
Joined together in an “economic development marriage,” Walt Disney World and Orlando have become the ...read more
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Southern Skies, Gentle Breezes:  The Artistry of A.E. Backus Southern Skies, Gentle Breezes: The Artistry of A.E. Backus
This book features 104 pages with 74 color reproductions of a broad range of paintings by Florida ar ...read more
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The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism
Early in this century, the Native Americans known as the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive as t ...read more
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The Wild Heart of Florida The Wild Heart of Florida
This film takes the viewer on a series of adventures accompanying writers, photographers, and artist ...read more
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Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales
Few states can boast the multitude of cultures populating Florida. Native American, African American ...read more
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Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World And America Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World And America
In Vinyl Leaves Professor Fjellman analyzes each ride and theater show of Walt Disney World and disc ...read more
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Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids: A History of One of Florida’s Oldest Roadside Attractions Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids: A History of One of Florida’s Oldest Roadside Attractions
In the postwar explosion of tourism, Weeki Wachee Springs offered the quintessential vacation fantas ...read more
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