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A young girl on a sunny dock reads a book about history and Florida's natural beauty. Her friends fish, play, and beckon to the viewer to join them, amidst reminders of the changes, sacrifices and struggles that have shaped their world. This painting…

A young woman is enjoying the Florida sun on a sandy beach. She holds out an orange, an offering reminiscent of Mrs. Julia Tuttle, who sent a fresh orange blossom to a railroad tycoon, encouraging him to extend his railway southward. Behind her is…

The proud, fierce Seminole warrior, Osceola, looks you straight in the eye. One hand points toward a ship meant to remove Indians to a reservation in the west-the other grips a knife, planted with determination into a symbolic U.S. document. Faces in…

The scene shows members of a Timucua tribe fishing and gathering food at the mouth of a river. A young woman turns to discover a fish has fallen from her basket, and she sees a crab scrambling to escape. She smiles, admiring its will to survive. Her…

Illustration of Cypress Gardens.

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of Florida's Weeki Wachee mermaids from Tampa Tribune.

Brochure for Florida's Weeki Wachee, home of live mermaid shows.

Brochure from Marineland of Florida.

Black and white photograph of horticultural nursery at Busch Gardens.