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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramWhite lilies and chrysanthemums at the Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Elmer Leroy Keller collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Liliaceae
Liliales
Chrysanthemums
Compositae
Campanulales
Flowers
Inflorescences
Plants
Nature
Botanical gardens--Florida--Winter Haven
Attractions--Florida--Winter Haven
Ecotourism--Florida--Winter Haven
Service industries--Florida--Winter Haven
Amusement parks--Florida--Winter Haven
Amusements
Trees and plants
Flora and fauna
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Founded in 1936 by Dick and Julie Pope, Cypress Gardens was the state's first theme park. Proclaimed the Water Ski Capitol of the World, Cypress Gardens became the birthplace of performance water skiing in 1941.
Biographical Note
Photographer Elmer Leroy Keller was born on January 13, 1905 in Elyria, Ohio. He married Elsie G. Ridgeway about 1926. Mr. Keller died on May 10, 1994 in Avon, Ohio.
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