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Year
1960 (circa)
Video Details
13:50; color; sound; V-83 CA117; S. 828
Description
This film shows scenes of the State Fair, Plant City Strawberry Festival, local schools, churches, baseball spring training, golf, tennis, fishing, local businesses, banks, and city and county buildings. Viewers see train and bus transportation, as well as the airport, shopping center, post office, library, hospital and youth center. The film also shows Busch Gardens, Cypress Gardens, beaches and finally some strawberry fields with harvesters at work. Produced by Don Parisher.
Contributors
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Title
World's Winter Strawberry Capital
Subject
Agriculture
Amusement parks
Attractions
Baseball
Churches
Economic conditions
Fishing
Golf
Tennis
Transportation
Description
This film shows scenes of the State Fair, Plant City Strawberry Festival, local schools, churches, baseball spring training, golf, tennis, fishing, local businesses, banks, and city and county buildings. Viewers see train and bus transportation, as well as the airport, shopping center, post office, library, hospital and youth center. The film also shows Busch Gardens, Cypress Gardens, beaches and finally some strawberry fields with harvesters at work. Produced by Don Parisher.
Date
1960 (circa)
Contributor
Don Parisher
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/CA117.jpg
Color
color
Video Details
13:50; color; sound; V-83 CA117; S. 828
Video Filename
ca117.mp4
YouTube ID
LZOwO9dVzeg
Geographic Term
Plant City (Fla.)
Tampa (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Subject - Corporate
Busch Gardens (Tampa, Fla.)
Cypress Gardens (Winter Haven, Fla.)
Florida State Fair (Tampa, Fla.)
Plant City Strawberry Festival
Video Snippet
Plant City Strawberry Festival highlights from the 1960s...
Video Time
13:50
Video Category
7
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca117.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
World's Winter Strawberry Capital. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253650>, accessed 26 February 2025.
MLA
World's Winter Strawberry Capital. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253650>