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"At Weekiwachee Springs It's All Done Under..."
"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
"Newton Perry Has Enviable Record"
"Perry 'Choked Up' At Dedication"
"The Human Fish"
"Weekiwachee Springs Maids Make Difficult Underwater Feats and Ballet Look Simple"
Action Center USA
Tags: airplanes; airports; amusement parks; Arnold Daniel Palmer; Arnold Palmer; arts; automobiles; baseballs; Billy Kelly; boating; boats; Bruce Devlin; Bruce William Devlin; Cape Kennedy; cars; Central Florida Museum; chambers of commerce; church; churches; citrus; citrus groves; Citrus Open Golf Tournament; City Beautiful; City of Orlando; cold war; colleges; Colonial Plaza Mall; Commerce; County of Orange; Dean Refram; Delta Air Lines; dog racing; Doug Sanders; Downtown Orlando; Eastern Air Lines; Elegant Company; festivals; Florida Symphony Orchestra; Florida Technological University; footballs; FTU; George Alfred Christian Knudson; George Douglas Sanders; George Knudson; Glover; golf; golfers; Graduate Engineering Education System; Grant Gravitt; Herndon Municipal Airport; highways; I-4; industrial parks; Interstate 4; jai alai; Jim Carlton; Joan Roberts; Julius Boros; Julius Nicholas Boros; Lake Eola; Lake Eola Park; libraries; library; Loch Haven Art Center; Mad Tea Party; manufacturing; marching bands; Martin Marietta Corporation; McCoy AFB; McCoy Air Force Base; McCoy Jetport; Minnesota Twins; Minute Maid Company; monorails; motor vehicles; National Airlines; orange county; Orange County School System; oranges; orchestras; orlando; Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce; Orlando businesses; Orlando Central Park; Orlando Junior College; Orlando Panthers; Orlando Public Library; Orlando Twins; paintings; parks; planes; Player; retail; roads; Rollins College; Rule; schools; Seven Dwarfs; shopping; shopping malls; shops; space; space age; space race; sports; Spring Training; stores; Sunny Fader; synagogues; Tangerine Bowl; technology; Tel Air Interests, Inc.; theme parks; Tupperware Brands; UF; University of Florida; Vanda Cosmetics; Walt Disney; Walt Disney World Resort; Walter Elias Disney; water skiing; Weiskopf; Winter Park; Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival; Xerox Corporation
Alligator at Silver Springs State Park
Ann Blyth and Newton "Newt" Perry on the Underwater Set of "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Ann Tanzler with Weeki Wachee Mermaids and Press Release
Baboon and Raccoon from Weeki Wachee's Jungle Cruise
Barbecue at Sweetwater Park
Beach View from Sheraton Plaza Postcard
Bonnie Georgiadis
Bonnie Georgiadis and Weeki Wachee Mermaids
Construction of Hercules Beetle Sculpture at Weeki Wachee Springs
Cultural Festival at Kaley Square Park
Dance Floor at Sweetwater Park
Tags: dance floors; jukes; Magnolia Street; Oviedo; parks; Sweetwater Park
Dickson Azalea Park Postcard
Tags: azaleas; Berry Avenue; Carl T. Langford Park; Central Boulevard; Cinicinnati, Ohio; Cook, Thomas; Delaney, J.; Dickson; elephant ears; Fern Creek; ferns; garden; lilies; oaks; Orange News Company; orlando; parks; Robinson Street; Rosearden Drive; Schlolman, Lucy; St. Petersburg; Tamiami; Tamiami Hotel; Tamiamil Schlolman, L.; Tichnor Quality Views; Washington Street
Eileen Perry Hogshead
Employee Rules and Regulations for the May Museum of the Tropics
Entrance to the May Museum of the Tropics
Exterior of the Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Exterior of Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Fifth Avenue at 59th Street from Central Park Postcard
Fish Swimming in Front of an Underwater Filming Tank
Football Players
Fountain at Eola Park, Orlando: "The City Beautiful" Postcard
Fountain in Lake Eola Park Postcard
General Company Rules for Mermaids, Swimmers & Trainees
Gourd Neck Springs Report
Tags: Acer; artesian springs; boating; camping; Carya; Danny L. Dulgar; eel; Environmentally Endangered Lands Committee; Environmentally Endangered Lands Program; ferns; fish camps; fishing; Florida Department of Natural Resources; Florida State Road 455; Florida State Road 50; Florida's Turnpike; Gary I. Sharp; Gourd Neck Springs; Green Swamp; hickory; Jay L. Blanchard; Kelly Park; Lake Apopka; Lake County Zoning Department; live oaks; magnolia grandiflora; Magnolia virginiana; magnolias; maples; orange county; Orange County Division of Parks; Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce; Orlando Public Utilities; palms; parks; Rock Springs; sand boils; sinkholes; SR 455; SR 50; sweet bay; swimming; The Winter Garden Times; Tupelo; U.S. Geological Survey; Walt Disney World
Greetings from Weeki Wachee, Florida
Inside the May Museum of the Tropics
John Hamlet with Boar
John May Building the May Museum of the Tropics
Juniper Springs Recreation Area, 1997
Lake Lucerne Postcard
Letter from Arthur W. Sinclair to C. W. Sheffield (December 22, 1967)
Tags: A. W. Sinclair; Arthur W. Sinclair; C. Farris Bryant; C. W. Sheffield; Cecil Farris Bryant; Claude R. Kirk, Jr.; Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.; development; Farris Bryant; Florida Federated Garden Clubs; Florida Park Board; Florida Parks and Recreation Convention; Gourd Neck Springs; Gourd Neck Springs Park Association; Jimmie Sinclair; Lake Apopka; Lake Apopka Restoration Committee; Lake Apopka Technical Committee; Lake County; land development; Miami Beach; Mick Sheffield; Mickey Sheffield; Nat Reed; Nathaniel Reed; natural springs; orange county; Orange County Committee of 100; parks; real estate; recreation; The Orlando Sentinel; The Winter Garden Times; water quality; West Orange County; Winter Garden Chamber of Commerce
Letter from Charles P. Kimball to John M. May (June 7, 1957)
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
Letter from Joe D. Seltzer to John M. May (June 17, 1959)
Letter from John M. May to Directors of St. Petersburg Springs Co (January 28, 1957)
Letter from John M. May to Joe D. Seltzer (July 7, 1959)
Letter from John M. May to John T. Creighton (November 20, 1963)
Letter from John M. May to John T. Greighten (November 20, 1963)
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 Myrtle Colson (September 27, 1958)
Letter from John M. May to the Employees of the May Museum of the Tropics (January 8, 1959)
Letter from John May to Joe and Martha Seltzer (February 25, 1962)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (February 23, 1957)
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 M. May (March 1, 1959)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John M. May (March 28, 1956)
Letter from Myrtle Colson to John May (February 11, 1961)
Letter from Val Darling to Newton "Newt" Perry (March 26, 1981)
Man and Mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs
Man with Advertising Posters
Map of City of Sanford and Environs, 1926
Map of Lake Charm
May Museum Exhibit
Mermaid Motel
Mermaid Swimming in Front of an Underwater Filming Tank Designed by Newton "Newt" Perry
Mermaid Underwater with Air Hose
Mermaid Villa
Mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, 1974
Mermaids Performing at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Nancy Tribble as a Weeki Wachee Mermaid
Newt Perry's Aquatic Theater
Newton "Newt" Perry and Woman Dancing Underwater
Newton "Newt" Perry Bartending Underwater
Newton "Newt" Perry Diving from Platform
Newton "Newt" Perry Dressed as Santa Claus Decorating an Underwater Christmas Tree
Newton "Newt" Perry Dressed as Santa Claus with Mary Darlington
Newton "Newt" Perry Filming Underwater
Newton "Newt" Perry in Underwater Theater at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Newton "Newt" Perry Repairing Underwater Film Set
Newton "Newt" Perry Underwater With Female Swimmer and Air Station Postcard
Newton "Newt" Perry with Sea Turtle
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
Oral History of Richard Tobias Sloane
Tags: A-5; advanced training; aircraft; airplanes; airports; auxiliary service; B-52; B-52 Memorial Park; Baldwin Park; basic training; Blue Jacket Park; Boeing B-52 Stratofortress; Bronze Star with V Device; BUPERS; Bureau of Naval Personnel; captains; Carli Van Zandt; Carolyn Van Zandt; Central Florida Research Park; Combat Action Award; Commander Carrier Group 8; Community Veterans History Project; conscription; CVHP; Dave Arms; deployments; destroyers; discipline; drafts; engineering; engineers; ensigns; Fernando Maldonado; Garcia; Get Me to the Church on Time; graduations; Great Lakes, Illinois; Grinder; Groucho Marx; gunnery officers; Harry Smith; historical preservation; historical restoration; Honey Bun; Jim Allen; Julius Henry Marx; Lake Baldwin; Legion of Merit; Lieutenant Junior; Lone Sailor Memorial Project; LSMP; LST; LTJG; Luis De Florez; Luis De Florez Building; Lydia and the Tattooed Lady; McCoy AFB; McCoy Air Force Base; Mekong Delta; memorials; military spouses; military training; military wife; military wives; Milwaukee; monuments; Morale, Welfare, and Recreation; MWR; My Fair Lady; NAS Sanford; Naval Air Station Sanford; Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Divisions; Naval Destroyers School; Naval Education and Training Command; Naval Training Center; Naval Training Center Great Lakes; Naval Training Center Orlando; Naval War College; Navy E Ribbon; Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society; NAWCTSD; NETC; Newport, Rhode Island; NMCRS; North American A-5 Vigilante; NTC Great Lakes; NTC Orlando; Nuclear Power School; nurses; OCS; Officer Candidate School; Officer Car; orlando; Orlando International Airport; Orlando-Sanford International Airport; parks; planes; preservation; Purple Heart; Queens, New York City, New York; RA-5C; RA-5C Vigilante; recruit training; Recruit Training Center; Recruit Training Center Orlando; recruits; Repair Division Officer; Research Park; retirement; Richard T. Sloane; Richard Tobias Sloane; river patrols; River Section 35; Rockbridge; RTC Orlando; Sanford; Santa Barbara; selective service; Service School Command; Service Schools Command; SERVSCOLSCOM; simulations; simulators; South Pacific; Surface Warfare Advisor; Surface Warfare Officers School; The Navigator; training; U.S. Naval War College; U.S. Navy; United Service Organization; USO; USS Blue Jacket; USS Garcia; USS Hassayampa; USS Milwaukee; USS Rockbridge; USS Santa Barbara; USS Wisconsin; veterans; Vietnam; Vietnam War; Vietnamese; volunteers; Ward Room; wars; Weapon Systems Officer; Wisconsin
Orchid Gardens at Weeki Wachee Springs
Oviedo's Plan: A Variety of Rules on Everything from Roads to Recreation
Tags: air; Bernard Blackwood; city council; city government; city planning; commercial; development; Downtown Oviedo; emergency services; FDOT; fire protection; Florida Department of Transportation; Florida State Road 419; Florida State Road 426; Florida State Road 526; government; housing; Iron Bridge Road; Joe Nesbit; land development; land use; law enforcement; Leon Olliff; local government; Local Planning Agency; Louise Martin; LPA; natural resources; Oviedo; Oviedo City Council; Oviedo City Hall; Oviedo Comprehensive Plan; parks; police; R. W. Whittier; Randy Noles; recreation; residential; road; SCPS: Lake Jessup Drive; Seminole County Public Schools; Seminole County School Board; Seminole County Soil Survey and Soil Supplement; sewage; sidewalk; solid waste; SR 419; SR 426; SR 526; street; subdivision; Sweetwater Park; The Oviedo Outlook; transportation; urban planning; Walter Teague; water; wildlife; zoning
Perry Family
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 20: Women of Many Hats: The Rossetter Sisters of Eau Gallie, Florida
Tags: Ascension Catholic Church; Aspinwall, John; Bight of Canaveral; Bollinger, Heather; Brevard County Historical Commission; Brevard County Tourist Development Council; Burghart, Jillian; Catholic; Catholic Church; Catholicisim; church; civil rights; club; Detroit Publishing Company; documentary; Eau Gallie; Eau Gallie River; Eau Gallie Yacht Club; energy; energy industry; Ferguson, Stuart; FHS; FIT; Florida Department of State; Florida Historical Society; Florida Institute of Technology; garden; Hamilton County; Highland Avenue; historic house; Historic Rossetter House Museum and Gardens; Indian River & Lake Worth Fish Company; James Wasdsworth Rosseter House; Lester, Connie L.; Library of Congress; Lindsay, Anne; McCormick; McCormick, Stanley; Melbourne; Minorcan; monument; museum; National Federation of Business and Women's Clubs; oil; oil industry; parks; Parks, Charles; philanthropist; philanthropy; podcast; Port Canaveral; RICHES Podcast Documentaries; Rosseter, James Wadsworth; Rossetter Sisters; Rossetter, Carrie P.; Rossetter, Ella F.; Rossetter, Ella Rogero; St. Augustine; Standard Oil Distribution; State Library and Archives of Florida; suffrage; Turnbull, Andrew; voting; voting rights; women; Women's Club; women's suffrage; Wynne, Nick