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N2008- 5, Photographic collection, ca 1962-1974; Box 5
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General Note
Dog Island is off the mainland from Carrabelle in the Gulf of Mexico. The island and its two neighbors were discovered by the French in 1536. During World War II, Dog Island was part of Camp Gordon Johnston. After the war Jeff Lewis, a Florida businessman, saw its potential as a vacation area and paid $12,000 for the island. In 1981 he ensured the island's future by selling, at less than market value, nearly two-thirds of the island to the Nature Conservancy, which now (2010) protects it as the Jeff Lewis Wilderness Preserve.
Richard Parks began working at Evon Streetman Photography in Tallahassee ca. 1963. Streetman later sold the business and studio to Parks when she moved to Gainesville about 1965. The studio was renamed Richard Parks Photography.
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