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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."


Other St. Petersburg Motels - Hotels

Barnhill had the Eye of FloridaPast
A Nice Early View, by Barnhill, of the Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, The SUNSHINE CITY of FloridaPast
We stopped in to say hello at the Skyway Motel in St. Pete
Easy Access to FloriaPast SKYWAY MOTEL, St. Pete
Unkle Jake and Auuntee Clara, taking the morning Eazee'
Pelican Court St. Pete - FloridaPast
Click the tepee to see where we were Now & Then
The Tepee - 8400 U.S. 19 N. Pinellas Park - Ed and Ella McDermott your hosts - during the 1960s
CLICK HERE TO READ A APRIL 28, 1961 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE TEPEE

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Horne's Beauty Rest Cabins
Horne's Pecan & Candy Shoppe
Bayard - Jacksonville, FloridaPast

Click to see where it was then & now
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.
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This is a Great Site to learn Horne's History ->
Bayard Antique Village / Horne’s Beautyrest Cabins 
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A Quote;
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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

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Thanking FloridaMemoryProject for sharing this image we can fade back in time
Click to visit where this once was - Next to Beautyrest Cabins
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 
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​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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I'm up front getting our room at the Mid-Lakes Motel, here on Old Dixie Highway, Leesburg, FloridaPast
Frontside of Mid-Lakes Motel, Old Dixie Highway, Leesburg
FLORIDA MOTEL & COTTAGES, Hilliard, FloridaPast
A LONG PAST TIME, THAT SHALL NEVER LIVE AGAIN
Nice Graphics - Great Colors
SIESTA Motor Court - US Highway 41 & SR 500 - Williston, FloridaPast
Spacious new lounge, bedrooms with private tile bath and shower, good cross ventilation. Enjoy our homey atmosphere and personal service
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
Such a Beautiful FloridaPast day, everyone is out Fishin'
SUNSET MOTEL, High Springs, FloridaPast - Somewheres in the 1960s
Here we can Eat, Sleep and Fill er up for another day on the Highways of FloridaPast
FLORIDA MOTOR COURT HOTEL - Tallahassee, FloridaPast
Gran-pa-pa and Grams took this photo after breakfast one cloudy morning, way back in FloridaPast
SEBASTIAN HOTEL - Early FloridaPast Roadside - Look how Peaceful it is....
I'm a gonna pull right on in hea' Hun. We stay'in hea ta'nite
Dixie Motel, Starke, FloridaPast
We'll all meet here tomorrow morning after breakfast
CENTER MOTEL - Clearwater, FloridaPast
We even get TV in our room!!!
Winnie Vee Motel - Yulee, FloridaPast - Back when a Motel was a Motel
It's a Shame we passed, without at least stopping in to visit. And now, it's a Reflection, of a longtime FloridaPast, where is it?
A Place we Passed, somewhere back in FloridaPast
It was a Beautiful Morning, and all the field birds were singing songs of FloridaPast
This is Grandma and Grandpa - We took a trip to FloridaPast with them. Stayed here at the Desert Isle Motel in Callahan, FloridaPast
Our room is back here. At the Mid Lakes Motel on Old Dixie Highway, Leesburg, FloridaPast
Another view of Mid-Lakes Motel, Highway 441 Leesburg
This cozy little place comes highly recomended. You'll have the Best Night's Sleep Ever!
FLORIDA MOTOR COURT - U.S. 19 and 98, Cross City, FloridaPast
We already booked our rooms down the highway a piece. But felt the Need to stop in here for a post card view!
Beautiful Cozy & Quiet - Bel-Air Motel, Lawtey, FloridaPast
ALL IN ONE ADVERTISING - That was FloridaPast Smart
Kings Motor Court - US Highway 98 - West Panama City, FloridaPast
Juss a bee'u'tee'full Morn'in on a FloridaPast day
WAGON WHEEL MOTEL - US NO 1 HOLLYWOOD FloridaPast
The Perfect Picture - Great Look'in Building
Surf and Sun Hotel & Apts. - Fort Lauderdale Beach, YUP, FloridaPast
This quaint place had everything we wanted. The folks that ran the place were so nice and friendly too.
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 

Carolina Moon Motor Court - Orlando FloridaPast
Click to visit a Now & Then Moment
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What a Cozy little place! When Orlando was Once Truly, FloridaPast
DIAMOND TOURIST COURT - 17-92 - Orange Blossom Trail, ORLANDO, FLORIDA

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A place in time, where when Ya'll woke up in the morning, yah juss new, itz gunta'be a fine FloridaPast day!
MOON-GLO MOTEL - Lake City, FloridaPast - We even have a T.V. in ALL Rooms
Iz't gunta'be a HOTT FloridaPast day
It's the WAGON WHEEL MOTEL - Pensacola, FloridaPast

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And if your still HunGry, come-on with me further
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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