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- Tags: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Sunbathing at Weeki Wachee Springs
"Newton Perry Has Enviable Record"
"The Human Fish"
Weeki Wachee Springs Memo (February 21, 1963)
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, 1991
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (March 28, 1956)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (February 25, 1959)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (June 1, 1958)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John May (February 11, 1961)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (March 1, 1959)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (February 23, 1957)
Letter from Val Darling to Newton "Newt" Perry (March 26, 1981)
"Perry 'Choked Up' At Dedication"
Weeki Wachee Springs' Original Underwater Theater
Weeki Wachee Tourist Standing Near Sign Advertising Mermaid Positions
Perry Family
Business Card of E. D. Gothberg, Owner of Weeki Wachee Motor Lodge
Letter from Gaye Guinta to Delee Perry (March 31, 1997)
Tags: Delee Perry; diving; Florida tourism; Gaye Guita; mermaids; Museum of Florida History; museums; natural springs; Newton "Newt" Perry; parks; Rebecca Schwandt; roadside attractions; roadside tourism; swimming; tourist attractions; underwater filmmaking; underwater photography; Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
"Weekiwachee Springs Maids Make Difficult Underwater Feats and Ballet Look Simple"
Greetings from Weeki Wachee, Florida
Holiday Inn Staff Posing in Front of Hotel Sign in Celebration of 9th Anniversary
Letter from Charles P. Kimball to John M. May (June 7, 1957)
Letter from Dorothy Gray, Ltd. Publicity Director Mayreen Logan to Weeki Wachee Mermaid Rebecca Stahlhut Thanking Her for Modeling Their Products
Newspaper Article Announcing the Employment of Rebecca Young as a Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid
Employee Rules and Regulations for the May Museum of the Tropics
Construction of Hercules Beetle Sculpture at Weeki Wachee Springs
Entrance to the May Museum of the Tropics
Inside the May Museum of the Tropics
Letter from John May to Joe and Martha Seltzer (February 25, 1962)
Letter from John M. May to Directors of St. Petersburg Springs Co (January 28, 1957)
Letter from John M. May to John T. Greighten (November 20, 1963)
Letter from John M. May to Myrtle Colson (September 27, 1958)
Orchid Gardens at Weeki Wachee Springs
Letter from John M. May to the Employees of the May Museum of the Tropics (January 8, 1959)
Letter from John M. May to Myrtle Colson (January 14, 1959)
Letter from John M. May to Myrtle Colson (May 7, 1959)
Letter from John M. May to John T. Creighton (November 20, 1963)
Letter from John M. May to Joe D. Seltzer (July 7, 1959)
Weeki Wachee Mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis in the lobby of the Mermaid Motel Speaking to Guests
Eileen Perry Hogshead
Exterior of Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Mermaid Swimming in Front of an Underwater Filming Tank Designed by Newton "Newt" Perry
Underwater Diver in Diving Suit
Swimming Area at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Newton "Newt" Perry Filming Underwater
Mermaid Underwater with Air Hose
Underwater Filming Tank Designed by Newton "Newt" Perry
Fish Swimming in Front of an Underwater Filming Tank
Visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Underwater Theater
Mermaids Performing at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Newton "Newt" Perry in Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Exterior of the Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Weeki Wachee Mermaids in Staged Underwater Dining Scene
Three Mermaids Posing on the Beach at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Weeki Wachee Mermaid Entering Water Tank
Staged Underwater Dining Scene
Nancy Tribble as a Weeki Wachee Mermaid
Weeki Wachee Mermaids Posing in a Circle on the Shore
Newton "Newt" Perry Dressed as Santa Claus Decorating an Underwater Christmas Tree
Newton "Newt" Perry Dressed as Santa Claus with Mary Darlington
Ann Blyth and Newton "Newt" Perry on the Underwater Set of "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Weeki Wachee Mermaids Reunion Event
Newt Perry's Aquatic Theater
Man and Mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs
Staged Underwater Dining Scene
Newton "Newt" Perry Repairing Underwater Film Set
Newton "Newt" Perry Bartending Underwater
Newton "Newt" Perry and Woman Dancing Underwater
Newton "Newt" Perry, Johnny Sheffield, and Johnny Weissmuller
Tags: Delee Perry; diving; Florida tourism; Johnny Sheffield; Johnny Weissmuller; mermaids; natural springs; Newton "Newt" Perry; parks; Rebecca Schwandt; roadside attractions; roadside tourism; Silver Springs; swimming; Tarzan Finds a Son; tourist attractions; underwater filmmaking; underwater photography; Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Underwater Air Station
Newton "Newt" Perry Diving from Platform
Staged Underwater Dining Scene
Underwater Filming Tank
Staged Underwater Footrace Scene
Newton "Newt" Perry with Sea Turtle
Football Players
Man with Advertising Posters
"At Weekiwachee Springs It's All Done Under..."
Trained Raccoon
Bonnie Georgiadis and Weeki Wachee Mermaids
Weeki Wachee Mermaid with Report Card
Ann Tanzler with Weeki Wachee Mermaids and Press Release
Rita King with Juvenile Alligators
Weeki Wachee Mermaids with Boar on Leash
John Hamlet with Boar
Baboon and Raccoon from Weeki Wachee's Jungle Cruise
Mermaid Villa
Mermaid Motel
Bonnie Georgiadis
May Museum Exhibit
Bonnie Georgiadis at an Archeological dig at Weeki Wachee Springs, July, 1970.
Letter from Joe D. Seltzer to John M. May (June 17, 1959)
Sinclair Gas Station
Two Weeki Wachee Mermaids in Costume Performing a Scene from "Peter Pan"
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 10: The Mouth: Central Florida Tourism Icon
Tags: advertising; alligator; Alligator Capital of the World; alligator farm; alligator wrestling; billboard; Clark, Jim; crocodile; documentary; FHQ; Flagler, Henry Morrison; Florida Historical Quarterly; Florida Turnpike; Gatorland; Gatorland: Survival of the Fittest Among Florida's Mid-Tier Tourist Attractions; Godwin, Frank; Godwin, Owen; highway; I-4; Interstate Highway 4; Interstate Highway System; marketing; Mays, Dorothy; OBT; Orange Blossom Trail; orlando; Parrot Jungle; podcast; RICHES Podcast Documentaries; roadside attraction; Sacher, John; Snakes of Godwin; St. Augustine; St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park; The Mouth; theme park; tourism; tourist attraction; Turnbull, Lindsey; Walt Disney World; Weeki Wachee Springs State Park; wildlife preserve
Newton "Newt" Perry Underwater With Female Swimmer and Air Station Postcard
"Merman Perry"
Tags: Becky Watson; Delee Perry; Ed Darlington; Florida tourism; Hattie Carver; mermaids; natural springs; Newton "Newt" Perry; parks; Rebecca Schwandt; roadside attractions; roadside tourism; swimming; tourist attractions; underwater filmmaking; underwater photography; Weeki Wachee Springs State Park