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Registrace 30. 07. 2008
The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, educational resources for students of all ages and archival collections for historical research. The Project utilizes selected original records, photographs and other materials from the collections of the State Library and Archives of Florida.
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Paradise Park
Paradise Park was a segregated African-American resort located about a mile down the Silver River from the popular Silver Springs attraction near Ocala, Florida. The park was developed by Carl Ray and W.M. “Shorty” Davidson, co-owners of Silver Springs for nearly four decades. Paradise Park opened May 20, 1949 and remained open until 1969. African-American families, tour buses and church groups came from all over Florida and the United States to visit the attraction. Amenities included a pavilion with a dance floor and jukebox, a swimming area with a sandy beach, tropical landscaping and space for softball and other games. Like its counterpart Silver Springs, Paradise Park featured glass-bottom boat tours that introduced visitors to the beauty of the Silver River. Easter egg hunts, baptisms and picnics were common, and at Christmas, Santa Claus would cruise down the river on a glass-bottom boat to pass out candy, nuts and fruit for young visitors. Herpetologist Ross Allen even set up a reptile exhibit at the park, similar to the one located upriver at Silver Springs.
This was a promotional film advertising Paradise Park. It opens with a shot of a sign directing motorists to the attraction, likely located at the intersection of Paradise Road (now NE 24th St.) and State Road 40. Scenes from the parking lot and picnic area come next, followed by footage from one of the park’s annual Labor Day beauty contests. These competitions were sponsored by the American Legion and featured contestants from across the state. Toward the end of the contest footage, a Legion official presents the winners with their awards. The film then moves on to the glass bottom boats, including footage of the passengers’ view into the clear waters of the Silver River. A young man and woman identified as Thomas and Lottie Donaldson swim to the sandy bottom with a sign that reads “Don’t Miss Paradise Park.” Bathers dive into the swimming area from a platform. The final scenes are from Ross Allen’s reptile exhibit, where an assistant is shown feeding and herding alligators. Two assistants are then seen in a snake exhibit, one handing a snake to someone in the crowd.
The State Archives partnered with Department of Environmental Protection, the owners of the film, to preserve the original 16 mm film and digitize it. Archivists sought outside assistance and worked closely with the film restoration specialists at MediaPreserve, an Audio-Visual Laboratory in Pennsylvania to restore most of the film stock and create a digital reproduction of its contents.
To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit www.floridamemory.com/video/.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/273952
This was a promotional film advertising Paradise Park. It opens with a shot of a sign directing motorists to the attraction, likely located at the intersection of Paradise Road (now NE 24th St.) and State Road 40. Scenes from the parking lot and picnic area come next, followed by footage from one of the park’s annual Labor Day beauty contests. These competitions were sponsored by the American Legion and featured contestants from across the state. Toward the end of the contest footage, a Legion official presents the winners with their awards. The film then moves on to the glass bottom boats, including footage of the passengers’ view into the clear waters of the Silver River. A young man and woman identified as Thomas and Lottie Donaldson swim to the sandy bottom with a sign that reads “Don’t Miss Paradise Park.” Bathers dive into the swimming area from a platform. The final scenes are from Ross Allen’s reptile exhibit, where an assistant is shown feeding and herding alligators. Two assistants are then seen in a snake exhibit, one handing a snake to someone in the crowd.
The State Archives partnered with Department of Environmental Protection, the owners of the film, to preserve the original 16 mm film and digitize it. Archivists sought outside assistance and worked closely with the film restoration specialists at MediaPreserve, an Audio-Visual Laboratory in Pennsylvania to restore most of the film stock and create a digital reproduction of its contents.
To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit www.floridamemory.com/video/.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/273952
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Ralph Nader in Tallahassee (1970s)
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Seaboard Coastline Railroad Freight Train Ride (January 28, 1976)
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President Carter in Tallahassee (October 9, 1980)
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Grape Vineyard/ Loco Ball/ Sol Carroll (1977)
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Research: The Common Denominator (1960s) full-length
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Crystal River Nuclear Plant/ Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Art Show (1980s)
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Coral Gables: The Flapper at 40 (1965)
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A Visit to Airtronics, Inc. (1960s)
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Now (1970s)
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The 100 Mile Ride (1959)
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Fishing Off Boca Grande (1950s)
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World Tow Glider Championship (late 1970s--early 1980s)
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A Florida River, Its Wildlife: A Look at St. Lucie River (1950s)
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A Florida River, Its Wildlife: A Look at St. Lucie River (1950s)
Obrig Laboratories: Florida Industry on Parade (1960s)
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Obrig Laboratories: Florida Industry on Parade (1960s)
Apalachee Correctional Institute (1970s)
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Apalachee Correctional Institute (1970s)
Florida and the Spacecenter: Partners in Progress (late 1960s)
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Governor Burns on Space Industry (between 1965 and 1967)
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Governor Burns on Space Industry (between 1965 and 1967)
Senator George Smathers Reports - Moon Race/ Foreign Aid (1960s)
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Senator George Smathers Reports - Moon Race/ Foreign Aid (1960s)
Senator George Smathers Reports - Russian Space Program (1960s)
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Senator George Smathers Reports - Russian Space Program (1960s)
My home town !!
Happy Birthday Ralph Nader! Cheers to a living legend!
amazing stuff
interesting...we defintely are not working 'less'...thats for sure
Native West Palm Beachean,Thank You.Lion Country Safari
Tragic what happened to south Florida. Just a concrete jungle now
COOL
I'm a Florida native and have lived here all my life. I grew up in the 70's and 80s, so I remember a lot of what is seen here. It WAS a wonderful place to grow up. But most of what you see here is gone now. It's very depressing to see most of the orange groves killed off by disease and to remember how good it was to be able to buy a huge bag of oranges for next to nothing. And those oranges tasted so good, not like what you get at the grocery store. It's also depressing to see our land being ruined by building a never ending stream of subdivisions and businesses. I heard on the news that there are over 900 people moving to Florida every day! Sorry to rant, but as a Floridian, it's sad to think about what once was and will never be again. Thanks for sharing this. It was nice to reminisce.
Disney ruined these once great attractions in Ocala. I was born and raised there, and it saddens me to see silver springs to be only a shell of what it once was.. Six gun was an awesome place too, I loved it as a child..
Jim Morrison, grande artista!
A Democratic senator is complaining that a Republican President is spending too little on the military. Wait, what?
My boyfriend was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1990.
at 3:10 people can see the old Phosphate docks!!! very cool footage!!!
All my cousins!
Great video. Horrible song. 😆
Wow
Ive been here at the state park camping with my family. I was in my teens when we last visited. Thank you for sharing. You have a lot of maps. New subscriber. You should do a video on the "Garden of Eden" in Florida. Here's some info to assist you in doing a video on the subject. An old timer named Elvy Callaway got a lot of publicity a generation or two ago by claiming that the biblical Garden of Eden was in northern Liberty County. Elvy was a country lawyer and a Baptist preacher. He said the evidence was that the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee River system has four heads, just like the river described in the Bible. He also said the area is rich in gopher wood, the same stuff that Noah used to build his ark. Liberty County Courthouse, Bristol Further evidence, said Elvy, was that the area from the Chattahoochee River south to Bristol contains 28 of the 30 varieties of trees mentioned in the Bible. He believed that the Garden of Eden started about 4 miles north of Bristol and extended north into Georgia, and it was 25 miles wide in an east-west direction, and 35 miles long in the north-south direction. The Garden of Eden was a Bristol, Florida Tourist Attraction The area of Callaway's Garden of Eden became a minor tourist attraction in the 1950s through the 1970s. People visited it for the chance to see the birthplace of Adam and to look at the amazing variety of plants and trees in the area. You can get a glimpse of the natural beauty of this area by visiting Torreya State Park. Keep your eyes open for the gopher wood tree, torreya taxifolia. ~Shabbat Shalom~ 🐏🐑🐏🕎🐏🐑🐏
So very beautiful! An old timer named Elvy Callaway got a lot of publicity a generation or two ago by claiming that the biblical Garden of Eden was in northern Liberty County. Elvy was a country lawyer and a Baptist preacher. He said the evidence was that the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee River system has four heads, just like the river described in the Bible. He also said the area is rich in gopher wood, the same stuff that Noah used to build his ark. Liberty County Courthouse, Bristol Further evidence, said Elvy, was that the area from the Chattahoochee River south to Bristol contains 28 of the 30 varieties of trees mentioned in the Bible. He believed that the Garden of Eden started about 4 miles north of Bristol and extended north into Georgia, and it was 25 miles wide in an east-west direction, and 35 miles long in the north-south direction. The Garden of Eden was a Bristol, Florida Tourist Attraction The area of Callaway's Garden of Eden became a minor tourist attraction in the 1950s through the 1970s. People visited it for the chance to see the birthplace of Adam and to look at the amazing variety of plants and trees in the area. You can get a glimpse of the natural beauty of this area by visiting Torreya State Park. Keep your eyes open for the gopher wood tree, torreya taxifolia.
Much respect fellas!
1950s were the last years of life as we who were just growing up remember it and the farming life, too. It was an all American Apple Pie kind of good life and we miss it.
I see y'all updated the title to include Cedar key👍
This is amazing!
2019 now everyone is flocking this way. I love cape. Its gonna suck in 25-30 years. Itll be like Miami.
I’m pretty sure this is in Cedar Key.
This is not Williston this is cedar key seafood festival and the Williston high school band and some residents are there..
Homesick
Shout out to F Lee Bailey!!
Like Ossian Hart but one hundred years later
Sad
I remember when willistons Holiday inn on 27 was operating.. Im from there and I thank you for this☺, I wish there was more😟
Even his talking voice is great
Too bad in the 80's decade. The New York temperature climate has improved. Going to Florida is almost unnecessary.
The best commercial song ever. "Come to Florida" !
Beautiful place and time, never to return!!!
Love Mary Mcleod Bethune. Greatest woman in history!
Love these old videos. Glad you guys are uploading them.
To think that kid had no idea he was going to change the world.
I knew about his horrible botched execution. This and other reasons made me decide to be against the death penalty. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
The land and waterway looks so "clean" and open...
I wonder if this was where the Key Club is now or maybe the chart house?
This is great
I found the original csx railroad spike from 1983 and it’s found in 2019
When water was clear and fishing was good.
No, this is just Chisholm; no other candidate is featured here.
It's funny to see the kids with the pecans in this aftermath footage. I was in Florida inland, 7 years old, and that's what we did after the storm- pick up pecans!
Yes, I need more Florida man in my life, NOT.
"The kids don't play so much for the love of the school as they do for the love of the coach." Great quote and I think true.
Great man, great coach, great American!
This is amazing!
What an amazing treasure. OMG, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, and Ben Jones. Are you kidding me? This is pure Gold. And watch the auction in 1960, the auctioneer is pulling teeth for $13,000. I think opening bid at this most recent Saratoga Yearling Sale is $50,000. This is absolutely priceless when horseracing truly reigned supreme.