Vacations: Florida in the Summer of 1955 - Page 1.

January 3,2016:  The family photo boxes had another set of Florida photos in this Super Pak folder.
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As you can see from the date stamps, these photos were processed in July 1955.
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9  -  Behind the food wagon and its Model T truck is the hotel seen in the photos above.
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10B  Old Spanish fort in Saint Augustine, Florida.  This is how it looked coming up from the parking lot in 1955.
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10C - Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is part of the National Park Service.  I am amazed at the detail that was in the photo.  I had to scan the photo at my highest value of 1200 dots per inch to read the sign.
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Here is an aerial photo from the internet I found today.
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This Google Earth image shows how US 1 business route passes the fort.
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11  -  If I had to guess about this photo, it must be the street near the Spanish Fort.
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As you can see, the horse and carriage tours are still doing well.
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12  Speaking of tours, this one is on the waterway in front of the fortress.
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13  Here is more of what we saw that day in 1955.
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Jean, with your help, we can put some names on these photos before the rest of the family gets a look.   Jerry.

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