Image Number

• COM02108

Year

• 1974

Date Note

• Photographed in June 1974.

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF65

General Note

• The spring is said to have been visited in 1513 by Ponce de Leon. It is believed to have been enclosed in 1565 when the first permanent settlement in the United States was established at Saint Augustine, Florida.
• Property purchased by Dr. Luella Day McConnell in 1901 who began to charge an admission price to drink from the waters of the free flowing spring found on the estate.

Rights

• 

Photographer/Personal Author

• Gaines, James L.

Additional Corporate Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Ships--Equipment and supplies
• Anchors
• Service industries--Florida--Saint Augustine
• Tourism--Florida--Saint Augustine
• Tourists--Florida--Saint Augustine
• Attractions--Florida--Saint Augustine
• Aging--Prevention--Fiction
• Geographical myths
• Fountain of youth (Legendary place)

Geographic Term

• Saint Johns County (Fla.)
• 11 Magnolia Avenue (Saint Augustine, Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Fountain of Youth Archeological Park (Saint Augustine, Fla.)

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