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Weekiwachee SPRING
The SPRING OF THE MERMAIDS
ON FLORIDA'S MAIN
U.S. 19 GULF COAST HIGHWAY
In all the world there is nothing else like
WEEKIWACHEE!
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Weekiwachee SPRING
The SPRING OF THE MERMAIDS
ON FLORIDA'S MAIN
U.S. 19 GULF COAST HIGHWAY
In all the world there is nothing else like
WEEKIWACHEE!
You'll see World Champion Swimmers, Deep Divers and Underwater Ballet Performers at Weekiwachee!
Incredibly Beautiful! It's difficult to believe your own eyes at the SPRING OF THE MERMNAIDS
Featuring FROM THE WORLD'S ONLY UNDERWATER THEATRE
The Mountain Underwater
Underwater Canyon
Fish and Turtles
Exotic Marine Life
Beautiful crystal-clear water - like air!
Thrilling Year-Round Swimming in Water Always 74 degrees
Beautiful Modern Mermaids in Underwater Ballet Swimming
Sensational Deep Diving
Newest Technique in Deep Sea Diving
BRING YOUR CAMERA!
This Modern Mermaid poses for you before windows of the Underwater Theatre.
You can take pictures like this yourself of the sensational underwater performances, featuring the
MERMAID'S BALLET FROM THE UNDERWATER THEATRE
More than one hundred persons can view these dramatic underwater shows at the same time. You are actually sitting BELOW the surface of the water... seeing the amazing swimming... the thrilling deep diving... the constantly changing panorama of marine life in the deepest, clearest spring in the world! So beautiful! So different! Nothing like it anywhere!
SCHEDULE OF UNDERWATER SHOWS
WEEKDAYS: 6 complete shows daily starting at 10:00 a.m. Special early and late shows will be arranged for groups or parties.
Professional photographers always available for individual or group pictures. YOU TOO can have your picture made underwater in Weekiwachee Spring. Inquite in main building.
SUNDAYS: Continuous performances beginning at 10:00 a.m. Each performance new and different.
YOU MUST SEE IT TO BELEIVE IT!
Also! THE WORLD'S ONLY AQUATIC ZOO JUNGLE EXCURSION
Weekiwachee proudly presents Mr. Al Zaebst, internationally famous explorer and collector of animals, and his Aquatic Zoo and Jungle Excursion. Beautiful Weekiwachee River has been transformed into a natural exhibition of rare as well as familiar animals. The big, roomy, twin-engined, glass bottom boat transports you through a wonderland of tropic scenery, of underwater beauties, of fascinating animal life... an experience you will NEVER forget.
Thrilling Swimming Year-Round
You've never had a swim in such beautiful crystal clear waters. Clean bath house. White sandy beach. Water always 74 degrees.
Picnicking: Clean picnic area with tables and parasols. Bring the family and a big basket lunch for a grand day's outing!
BRING YOUR CAMERA
This is a photographic Paradise
Nowhere in the world can you take such thrilling pictures. Special underwater exposure aids are posted for amateurs. Professional advice available if desired.
PERRY'S GIFT SHOP
Gifts of Individuality
Imports from Central and South America.
Unusual shell collection.
Perry's Gift Packs of select Florida fruits.
Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Photos by Modern Photograpghers New Port Richey
201-1.49-50M SP.
Weekiwachee Is Acclaimed by Modern Picture Companies as the Underwater Film Capital of the World!
[Map of Florida pointing to Weekiwachee SPRING]
WEEKIWACHEE SPRINGS is direcrtly on US 19, the New Gulf Coast Highway, 12 miles West of Brooksville, Florida. Easily reached from any point in nothern states or Florida. Free parking space for 1,000 automobiles!
PLAN NOW to spend a happy, fascinating day at Weekiwachee... seeing the spectacular underwater shows... the thrilling Aquatic Zoo Jungle Excursion... swimming, picnicking and having a really grand time.
Leading journalists, world travelers, motion picutre camera men and directors, artists and Florida visitors from all over the world say Weekiwachee is the MOST UNUSUAL ATTRACTION of all!
NO ONE HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTED
For information, write Weekiwachee Spring
P.O. Box 97, Brooksville, Florida.
Places to stay nearby: Homosassa Springs Hotel; Tangerine Hotel and modern tourist cabins at Brooksville, Fla., Hacienda Hotel, New Port Richey.
Chicago Manual of Style
Weekiewachee Spring. Weekiwachee Spring: The Spring of the Mermaids, c. 1960. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/324747>, accessed 25 September 2023.
MLA
Weekiewachee Spring. Weekiwachee Spring: The Spring of the Mermaids, c. 1960. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/324747>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Weekiewachee Spring)
