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Dublin Core
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Title
Weeki Wachee Collection
Alternative Title
Weeki Wachee Collection
Description
Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947. At the time, roadside attractions were becoming popular stops along Florida roadways. The attraction consisted of an amalgamation of vendors, an orchid garden, a river boat tour, as well as the star attraction: a mermaid show that took place in an underwater theater. Eventually, the May Museum of the Tropics, an "abandoned Seminole village", a show called “Birds of Prey”, and a petting zoo were added. After peaking in the 1950s and 1960s, attendance began to decline as theme parks and highways changed the dynamics of Florida's tourism. The State of Florida took over the attraction as a state park in 2008. Since then, the park has focused on appealing to a modern audience while preserving its history.
Subject
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Springs--Florida
Parks--Florida
Contributor
Schumacher, Elmer "Sparky"
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/63" target="_blank">Hernando County Collection</a>, RICHES.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Spatial Coverage
Weeki Wachee Springs, Spring Hill, Florida
Curator
Schwandt, Rebecca
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://weekiwachee.com/about-us/history-of-weeki-wachee-springs.html" target="_blank">History of Weeki Wachee Springs</a><span>." Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. http://weekiwachee.com/about-us/history-of-weeki-wachee-springs.html.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Vickers, Lu, and Bonnie Georgiadis. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780478262" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Mermaids: Thirty Years of Underwater Photography</em></a><span>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012.</span>
Contributing Project
Rebecca Schwandt's Thesis Project
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Title
John Hamlet with Boar
Alternative Title
John Hamlet and Boar
Subject
Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Springs--Florida
Parks--Florida
Animal training
Description
John Hamlet, naturalist, placing his hand into a trained boar's mouth as part of an attraction at Weeki Wachee Springs.<br /><br />
Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947. At the time, roadside attractions were becoming popular stops along Florida roadways. The attraction consisted of an amalgamation of vendors, an orchid garden, a river boat tour, as well as the star attraction: a mermaid show that took place in an underwater theater. Eventually, the May Museum of the Tropics, an "abandoned Seminole village", a show called “Birds of Prey”, and a petting zoo were added. After peaking in the 1950s and 1960s, attendance began to decline as theme parks and highways changed the dynamics of Florida's tourism. The State of Florida took over the attraction as a state park in 2008. Since then, the park has focused on appealing to a modern audience while preserving its history.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph by Elmer "Sparky" Schumacher: <a href="https://weekiwachee.com/">Weeki Wachee Springs State Park</a> Weeki Wachee, Florida.
Requires
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/63" target="_blank">Weeki Wachee Collection</a>, Hernando County Collection, RICHES.
Has Format
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph by Elmer "Sparky" Schumacher.
Coverage
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida
Creator
Schumacher, Elmer "Sparky"
Publisher
<a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a>
Date Created
ca. 1963-09
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1963-09
Format
image/jpg
Extent
11.2 MB
Medium
black and white photograph
Mediator
History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Elmer "Sparky" Schumacher and published by <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="https://weekiwachee.com/">Weeki Wachee Springs State Park</a> and is provided here by <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Rebecca Schwandt's Thesis Project
Curator
Schwandt, Rebecca
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://weekiwachee.com/">Weeki Wachee Springs State Park</a>
External Reference
Allman, T.D. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/873617194" target="_blank"><em>Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State</em></a>. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.
Ammidown, Margot. "<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1504171?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents" target="_blank">Edens, Underworlds, and Shrines: Florida’s Small Tourist Attractions</a>." <em>The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts</em> 23, 1998, 238-259. Accessed November 9, 2018. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1504171?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.
Georgiadis, Bonnie and Lu Vickers. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780478262" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee mermaids: thirty years of underwater photography</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012.
Hollis, Tim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61130658" target="_blank"><em>Glass Bottom Boats &
Mermaid Tails: Florida's Tourist Springs</em></a>. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006.
Pelland, Maryan. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/995504665" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a>. Arcadia Publishing Inc, 2006. .
Revels, Tracy J. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/666240031" target="_blank"><em>Sunshine Paradise: A History of Florida Tourism</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2011.
Vickers, Lu, and Sara Dionne. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71237360" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids: A History of One of Florida's Oldest Roadside Attractions</em></a>. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2007.
animal training
boar
Elmer "Sparky" Schumacher
Florida tourism
John Hamlet
natural springs
naturalist
parks
Rebecca Schwandt
roadside attractions
roadside tourism
tourist attractions
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park