| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5086 |  | Details | Winters, David and Irene | 1961 |
| Map route Ranger III sightseeing tour Mullet Key Treasure Island Bradenton Florida |
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Winters, David and Irene |
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| 1961 |
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| $0.00 | Winters--David-and-Irene | Map-route-Ranger-III-sightseeing-tour-Mullet-Key-Treasure-Island-Bradenton-Florida | SOLD
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Chart of the routes for sightseeing tours by the vessel Ranger III from St. Petersburg, Florida ca. 1961. The cruises all departed at 10:30 a.m. six days a week from slip 8 at Vinoy Basin. The chart shows the prospective route for cruises to Mullet Key, to Treasure Island, and to Bradenton Florida. Each cruise aboard the 64 foot diesel-powered tour boat carried up to one-hundred passengers at $2.00 per person.
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In January 1961, three vessels operated excursions out of the St. Petersburg Yacht Basin: the Florida Queen, the Miss Florida III and the Ranger III. In 1961 aboard the Ranger III on a tour to Mullet Key, Captain Winters provided commentary on the local sights and Charlie Holdsworth, an ex-vaudevillian, entertained sightseers with his banjo and singing. (Branch, Dave. "Is this the day for a boat ride down the bay?" St. Petersburg Times. January 1. 1961. p. 41.).
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The Ranger III route chart occupies 2 panels on a 4-panel folding brochure. Verso with photographs and a description for each of the three cruise options. |