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Basketball team from Illinois riding on a glass bottom boat during their visit to Paradise Park.

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Image Number

MOZ00242

Photographer

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.

Date

1950 (circa)

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Collection

General collection
Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 1

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

General Note

Note "E" on their jackets.

Owners of the Silver Springs attraction Carl Ray and W.M. "Shorty" Davidson opened Paradise Park in 1949 as a tourist attraction for African Americans only. The park was located just south of Silver Springs and stayed in operation until the late 1960s.

Basketball team from Illinois riding on a glass bottom boat during their visit to Paradise Park.

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Title

Basketball team from Illinois riding on a glass bottom boat during their visit to Paradise Park.

Subject

Discrimination in public accommodations

Race discrimination

Jim Crow

Segregation

Service industries--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Marine ecotourism--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Sightseeing business

Attractions--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Springs--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Boats and boating--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs

Tour boats

Glass bottom boats

Basketball teams--Illinois

African Americans--Illinois

African American young men--Illinois

Work boats

Creator

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.

Date

1950 (circa)

Identifier

MOZ00242

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Silver Springs (Fla.)

Marion County (Fla.)

Silver Springs (Fla. : Spring)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

Series Title

General collection

Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 1

General Note

Note "E" on their jackets.

Subject - Corporate

Paradise Park (Silver Springs, Fla.)

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Basketball team from Illinois riding on a glass bottom boat during their visit to Paradise Park. 1950 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341075>, accessed 26 June 2025.

MLA

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Basketball team from Illinois riding on a glass bottom boat during their visit to Paradise Park. 1950 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341075>

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(State Archives of Florida/Mozert)

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