Dixieland Park: Jacksonville, Florida (19--)
Image Number: FR0885
Couple checking into one of the guest cottages: Rainbow Springs, Florida (195-)
Image Number: N041721
"Fountain of Youth 1513": Saint Augustine, Florida (ca. 1907)
Image Number: PC3406
Printed on front: "Copyright 1907 by Luella Day."
This fountain, called the Ponce de Leon Spring, is located on John Whitney's estate, Ravenwood, and was popularized by him as the Fountain of Youth.
Tourists aboard the river steamboat "Okeehumkee": Silver Springs, Florida (188-)
Image Number: RC04904
Entrance to Dixieland Park: Jacksonville, Florida (191-?)
Image Number: RC12001
Party in rowboat at Silver Springs: Ocala, Florida (18--?)
Image Number: RC20138
Steamboat "Astatula" running through the swamp: Marion County, Florida (1892)
Image Number: RC09111
"It is a weird sight to see the boats coming through the swamps with a wood fire on top to light the way, and bows crowded with tourists on their way to Silver Springs."
Saint Augustine Alligator Farm employee Eleana Link using a gator to power her canoe (19--)
Image Number: PR75953
"Fountain of Youth" in Waterfront Park: Saint Petersburg, Florida (19--)
Image Number: PC5677
"The Fountain of Youth, in Waterfront Park, is supplied by a flowing spring of mineral water. Historically, Ponce de Leon visited this area as early as 1313 in his search for The Fountain of Youth."
Aunt Scilla standing beside the "Astatula" at the Silver Springs dock: Silver Springs, Florida (189-)
Image Number: N041779
She made a living telling the legend of the Bridal Chamber. The story was a romanticization of a spring by the legend of a lover's suicide pact.
Young women drink at the "Fountain of Youth" at the Distant Drums premiere: Saint Augustine, Florida (1951)
Image Number: C015656
Underwater Christmas at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida (1953)
Image Number: SL3187h





