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STATE ARCHIVES OF FLORIDA (5)A FLORIDA-SHAPED
pool, left, was built at
Cypress Gardens in 1953
for Esther Williams’ movie
Easy to Love. Now part
of Legoland, the pool
is decorated with floating
Legos and colorful belles
made of Lego bricks.BELLES REPOSE in this 1955
image by Joseph J. Steinmetz,
a photographer known for his
tender portraits of Florida life.GARDENSCYPRESSCYPRESSCYPRESSGardens
“THINK BIG ABOUT EVERYTHING.”
–MOTTO OF DICK POPE,
CO-FOUNDER OF CYPRESS GARDENS