Local call number: COM00535
Corporate Author: Florida. Division of Tourism.
Title: Scuba diver looking at the "Christ of the Abyss" bronze sculpture at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park : Key Largo, Florida.
Date: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 slide : col.
Series Title: (Department of Commerce collection. Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF21.)
General Note: The Christ of the Abyss is a 9-foot bronze statue located on the ocean
floor at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. It is a cast, made by
Egidio Cressi, of the original created by Guido Galletti in Italy in
1954. The cast was donated to the Underwater Society of America.
Florida Senator Spessard Holland volunteered Pennekamp State Park to
display the statue. On 25 August 1965, Cothon Construction Company (of
Islamorada) lowered the statue into water at the park, and it was
dedicated on 29 June 1966.
The park is located on U.S. Highway 1 three miles north of Key Largo
at mile marker 102.5. The Florida Park Service first acquired the park
property in 1959. This was the nation's first underwater park. It was
named for Miami Herald newspaper editor John D. Pennekamp whose
efforts contributed to the establishment of Everglades National Park
as well as preservation of the area that would become the park named
for him.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850-245-6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/91393
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Enrico Sanavio 52 months ago | reply
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plastikete 52 months ago | reply
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Rodlupanow 50 months ago | reply
demasiado buena, felicidades!!!
Roberto Alcantara [deleted] 49 months ago | reply
Intense, really nice.
c a r c h a r o d o n 49 months ago | reply
wow! I know only the original statue located in italy (san fruttuoso)
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo_degli_abissi
ciao.
das auge ! off [deleted] 49 months ago | reply
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Kikité 48 months ago | reply
wow! amazing!
State Library and Archives of Florida 48 months ago | reply
Thank you, c a r c h a r o d o n!
Here is a picture of sculptor Egidio Cressi in Italy, creating the cast from Guido Galletti’s 1954 original.
*** Lechef Photography*** 48 months ago | reply
Beautiful
Doble Q 48 months ago | reply
Fantástica
carllagalrao 46 months ago | reply
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Alicia Stamm 46 months ago | reply
awesome! i want to go there
Gabe Vianna 45 months ago | reply
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Jack Wai 45 months ago | reply
Nice capture and it's funny, the expression of the diver.
Ingo Dittmann Fotografie 45 months ago | reply
woow great
Diego Esparza 44 months ago | reply
increible..
tapmito 41 months ago | reply
I did this dive a couple of years ago and it was awesome!
Andrea Costa Creative 39 months ago | reply
Great!!!
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Phaotos 38 months ago | reply
Amazing.
cathdrwg 37 months ago | reply
I love the colors on this picture.