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Year
1943 (circa)
Video Details
5:34; color; silent; V-159 WV-8
Description
Tarpon Club women sun and play Ping-Pong. There is a view from a tower showing a "glass house" on the boat dock. There are scenes of synchronized swimming from the tower, followed by scenes shot at water level. There is a view of the tower. Then, the camera pans out to bowl. There are more formations from high angle (some light fogging). Members walk past the camera and pose in the sun. There are scenes of the beach area showing visitors, including men in army uniforms. Wooden boats are seen near the dock. There is a view from the tower of a boat passing by with Newton Perry at the helm and the Tarpon Club Women waving.
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Personal Subject
Title
Tarpon Club Swimming at Wakulla Springs
Subject
Beaches
Boats
Recreation
Synchronized swimming
Swimming
Description
Tarpon Club women sun and play Ping-Pong. There is a view from a tower showing a "glass house" on the boat dock. There are scenes of synchronized swimming from the tower, followed by scenes shot at water level. There is a view of the tower. Then, the camera pans out to bowl. There are more formations from high angle (some light fogging). Members walk past the camera and pose in the sun. There are scenes of the beach area showing visitors, including men in army uniforms. Wooden boats are seen near the dock. There is a view from the tower of a boat passing by with Newton Perry at the helm and the Tarpon Club Women waving.
Date
1943 (circa)
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/wv-8.jpg
Color
color
Video Details
5:34; color; silent; V-159 WV-8
Video Filename
wv-8.mp4
YouTube ID
ZKsXEaQXdHU
Geographic Term
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Wakulla Springs (Fla.)
Wakulla River (Fla.)
Subject - Person
Perry, Newton
Subject - Corporate
Florida State College for Women (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Tarpon Club (Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla.)
Wakulla Springs State Park (Fla.)
Video Snippet
Tarpon Club swimming at Wakulla Springs in the early 1940s...
Video Time
5:34
Video Category
8
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/wv-8.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
Tarpon Club Swimming at Wakulla Springs. 1943 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253556>, accessed 9 November 2024.
MLA
Tarpon Club Swimming at Wakulla Springs. 1943 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253556>