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Photo Diary: St Petersburg FL History Museum [1]
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Date: 2025-02-13
The St Petersburg FL history museum is not very big, but it has some interesting things, including an Egyptian mummy “Our Lady of the Nile” (I diaried her story here) and a replica of the Benoist XIV, the first regularly-scheduled airliner (I diaried that story here).
Some photos from a visit.
The museum
Inside the museum
A huge collection of autographed baseballs
Joe DiMaggio
Bellhop uniform from the historic Vinoy Hotel
A display of artifacts from WW2, WW1, and the Philippines War
WW1 Lewis gun
Flintlock pistol from the Seminole Wars
During WW2 there were numerous air corps training bases in Florida. The “Bomb-a-Dears” were women who volunteered to socialize with the servicemen at organized dances
“The Women Who Built St Pete”. Suffragettes.
A facade Knight sculpture from the Sereno Hotel
Replica Egyptian artifacts and a genuine wooden coffin
Our Lady of the Nile
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