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The famed Vinoy Hotel, Saint Petersburg
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When we place our Now & Then Fades, sometimes it's tough to get an exact fitting-fade. Because the old photograph was taken "flat plane", while the Goo Goo Maps are a circumference imagery.
Borrowed history to share;
"It all started with a party, a bet, and a game of golf at the St. Petersburg Beach Drive home of Aymer Vinoy Laughner, a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman, where in 1923, famed golfer Walter Hagen drove several golf balls off the face of his host’s prized pocket watch. The wager: whether the watch’s crystal would survive Hagen’s powerful drive. It did, and the golf balls landed across Beach Drive on a residential waterfront property.
Laughner’s party guests suggested he purchase the property and build a grand resort – one that would carry his name. Laughner purchased the land for $170,000. Led by architect Henry L. Taylor and contractor George A. Miller, construction for the Vinoy Park Hotel began on February 5, 1925. The contractor set a construction record for completing the 375-room hotel in just under 10 months, in time for a grand opening on New Year's Eve 1925."
[credit and read more history here]-> VINOY PARK HOTEL HISTORY
(buy some Vinoy Hotel History here)
Welcoming the Rich & Famous;
"From the moment it opened in 1925, the Vinoy attracted the rich and powerful. The wealthy and famous. The grandest of all the 1920s Boom Era hotels, the Vinoy became one of the country’s most prestigious destinations, a coveted getaway for notable families, such as the Pillsburys and Fleischmanns, along with Hollywood stars, celebrities, presidents, and authors. Jimmy Stewart, Babe Ruth, Admiral Richard Byrd, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover were all known to grace the Vinoy Veranda at one time or another."
"In the 1950s and 1960s, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio visited the hotel. More recently, celebrities who have enjoyed the resort’s hospitality include the late Paul Newman and Eartha Kitt, Raquel Welch, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Jay Leno, George Clooney, Bo Derek, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tom Petty, Wolfgang Puck, Joe Namath, Melissa Etheridge, Tiger Woods, B.B. King, Dionne Warwick, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Olivia Newton John, and Harrison Ford."
Borrowed history to share;
"It all started with a party, a bet, and a game of golf at the St. Petersburg Beach Drive home of Aymer Vinoy Laughner, a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman, where in 1923, famed golfer Walter Hagen drove several golf balls off the face of his host’s prized pocket watch. The wager: whether the watch’s crystal would survive Hagen’s powerful drive. It did, and the golf balls landed across Beach Drive on a residential waterfront property.
Laughner’s party guests suggested he purchase the property and build a grand resort – one that would carry his name. Laughner purchased the land for $170,000. Led by architect Henry L. Taylor and contractor George A. Miller, construction for the Vinoy Park Hotel began on February 5, 1925. The contractor set a construction record for completing the 375-room hotel in just under 10 months, in time for a grand opening on New Year's Eve 1925."
[credit and read more history here]-> VINOY PARK HOTEL HISTORY
(buy some Vinoy Hotel History here)
Welcoming the Rich & Famous;
"From the moment it opened in 1925, the Vinoy attracted the rich and powerful. The wealthy and famous. The grandest of all the 1920s Boom Era hotels, the Vinoy became one of the country’s most prestigious destinations, a coveted getaway for notable families, such as the Pillsburys and Fleischmanns, along with Hollywood stars, celebrities, presidents, and authors. Jimmy Stewart, Babe Ruth, Admiral Richard Byrd, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover were all known to grace the Vinoy Veranda at one time or another."
"In the 1950s and 1960s, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio visited the hotel. More recently, celebrities who have enjoyed the resort’s hospitality include the late Paul Newman and Eartha Kitt, Raquel Welch, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Jay Leno, George Clooney, Bo Derek, Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tom Petty, Wolfgang Puck, Joe Namath, Melissa Etheridge, Tiger Woods, B.B. King, Dionne Warwick, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Olivia Newton John, and Harrison Ford."
Other St. Petersburg Motels - Hotels
A Nice Early View, by Barnhill, of the Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, The SUNSHINE CITY of FloridaPast
 Easy Access to FloriaPast SKYWAY MOTEL, St. Pete |
 Pelican Court St. Pete - FloridaPast |
The Tepee - 8400 U.S. 19 N. Pinellas Park - Ed and Ella McDermott your hosts - during the 1960s
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Horne's Beauty Rest Cabins
Horne's Pecan & Candy Shoppe
Bayard - Jacksonville, FloridaPast
Horne's Beautyrest Cabins Bayard
While viewing the Now & Then Fade on Google Map, you'll be able to see the front right facing cabin is still there, looking near the same as it once did back in another FloridaPast time. The Candy Shoppe was next door, across the street. See it's Now & Then Fade.
____ This is a Great Site to learn Horne's History -> Bayard Antique Village / Horne’s Beautyrest Cabins _______________________ A Quote; "This former motor lodge was converted into an antique haven in 1967. This lodge was a place where prostitutes in G-strings flagged down cars on U.S. 1." <- credit quote find more history by clicking this paragraph. Horne's First Roadside Candy Shoppe
Thanking FloridaMemoryProject for sharing this image we can fade back in time
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Horne's Pecan Candy-Shoppe - Bayard Fl 1949 - The First of Many Horne's
We borrowed a few words of history to share;
"In the early 1930s, Bob Horne and his family owned and operated "Horne's Beauty Rest Cabins", a motel located near Jacksonville, Florida.[5] When Horne was 22, he began working at a Stuckey's in Eastman, Georgia, where he made his own candy for the restaurant. After a few years working there, he decided to create his own restaurant and candy shop.[6] On October 4, 1948, Bob Horne founded his first store, located a short distance from the Beauty Rest Cabin.[7] The original concept was to have the stores along major highways and sell candies, nuts, and souvenirs to travelers." <- Please credit and visit here to learn more -> History of Horne's Restaurant __________________ This blog page has some Excellent Images with some history about Horne's in Lawtey Florida From a 1957 Federal Court Case, involving Horne, we borrowed a few words of interest to share here.
"By letter of April 2, 1954, after additional negotiations between the Hornes and Texas Co., the Hornes notified the plaintiff Stanton they would no longer handle his Shell products, and gave him until April 10, 1954, to remove his equipment. The Hornes commenced using Texas products at Bayard April 12, 1954, and continued so doing until another company, Gulf Oil Co., commenced supplying the station in Dec., 1955" U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 249 F.2d 344 (5th Cir. 1957) November 18, 1957 <- Visit and Credit the source here |
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 Frontside of Mid-Lakes Motel, Old Dixie Highway, Leesburg  A LONG PAST TIME, THAT SHALL NEVER LIVE AGAIN  SIESTA Motor Court - US Highway 41 & SR 500 - Williston, FloridaPast  Owned and operated by Mr. & Mrs. H. C. Bauer - 6891 S.W. 8th St. In the city of Miami, Fla. on U.S. # 41 Tamiani Trail at S.W. 69th Ave. near Coral Gables  SUNSET MOTEL, High Springs, FloridaPast - Somewheres in the 1960s  FLORIDA MOTOR COURT HOTEL - Tallahassee, FloridaPast  SEBASTIAN HOTEL - Early FloridaPast Roadside - Look how Peaceful it is....  Dixie Motel, Starke, FloridaPast  CENTER MOTEL - Clearwater, FloridaPast  Winnie Vee Motel - Yulee, FloridaPast - Back when a Motel was a Motel |
 A Place we Passed, somewhere back in FloridaPast  This is Grandma and Grandpa - We took a trip to FloridaPast with them. Stayed here at the Desert Isle Motel in Callahan, FloridaPast  Another view of Mid-Lakes Motel, Highway 441 Leesburg  FLORIDA MOTOR COURT - U.S. 19 and 98, Cross City, FloridaPast  Beautiful Cozy & Quiet - Bel-Air Motel, Lawtey, FloridaPast  Kings Motor Court - US Highway 98 - West Panama City, FloridaPast  WAGON WHEEL MOTEL - US NO 1 HOLLYWOOD FloridaPast |
Surf and Sun Hotel & Apts. - Fort Lauderdale Beach, YUP, FloridaPast
GA-FLA MOTOR COURT - MONTICELLO, FloridaPast - Oh Yes, we Do Accept Tripple A
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Orlando Area Motels & Hotels
Now & Then "Fade"
CAROLINA MOON MOTOR COURT
O.B.T. 441 - Orlando, FloridaPast
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Photo by Toasy Martin
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DIAMOND TOURIST COURT - 17-92 - Orange Blossom Trail, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
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MOON-GLO MOTEL - Lake City, FloridaPast - We even have a T.V. in ALL Rooms
It's the WAGON WHEEL MOTEL - Pensacola, FloridaPast
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More 2 U'r Tour, More More More... Let's Go Already....!
If you wanna skip around to other parts of your tour, without following Wally Gator
you can use either of these FloridaPast Tour Links to get you there.
Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at ya'll.
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Begining of your tour/Highway-2/Highway-3-Natural Scenes/Highway-4-Roadside Hotels & Motels/Highway-5-Past Attractions/Highway Tour 5-B/Highway-6-Citrus Farming Tour/
Highway-7-Historical Images/Highway-8-Seminole Indians Tour/
you can use either of these FloridaPast Tour Links to get you there.
Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at ya'll.
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Begining of your tour/Highway-2/Highway-3-Natural Scenes/Highway-4-Roadside Hotels & Motels/Highway-5-Past Attractions/Highway Tour 5-B/Highway-6-Citrus Farming Tour/
Highway-7-Historical Images/Highway-8-Seminole Indians Tour/
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