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Magic Kingdom: 1902
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 10:22pm.
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"Tampa Bay Hotel, Florida, 1902." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Satellite Dishes?
Submitted by casimar on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 6:15pm.
Anyone know what the satellite dish-shaped gizmos on the upper-right corner balcony area are? Lightning related?
[They're still there today, doing their silent duty. Which is purely decorative.]
Cool, I had never noticed those things before. I guess the picture is more hi-res than a real life visit.
Maintenence Headache
Submitted by fanhead on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 8:16am.
I remember over the years the minarets were always a maintenence problem. It seemed they were always scraping and painting on them. Finally several years ago they gave up and put on new metal skins, similar to what they did to the Statue of Liberty I guess.
Now Plant Hall
Submitted by Splunge on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 11:27pm.
Now known as Plant Hall, home of the Henry B. Plant Museum on the University of Tampa campus.
Nah - can't be!
Submitted by Dutch on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:27am.
Is that a one horsepower riding lawn mower on the left?
[Could be!]
Wow - and one can fertilize the grass at the same time!
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