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View looking toward the Swiss-style Crown Colony House Restaurant at Busch Gardens - Tampa, Florida.
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Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF50
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Formerly "Old Swiss House", August A. Busch Jr. had it built in 1964 as a Valentine's Day present for his third wife, Trudy, whose brother owned the original Old Swiss House in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Note the "gondola skyride" toward the top of the image.
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Chicago Manual of Style
Gaines, James L. View looking toward the Swiss-style Crown Colony House Restaurant at Busch Gardens - Tampa, Florida. 1975. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/92072>, accessed 27 June 2026.
MLA
Gaines, James L. View looking toward the Swiss-style Crown Colony House Restaurant at Busch Gardens - Tampa, Florida. 1975. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/92072>
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(State Archives of Florida/Gaines)
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