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Cypress Gardens was a botanical garden and theme park near Winter Haven, Florida that operated from 1936 to 2009. As of 2011, the botanical garden portion had been preserved inside Legoland Florida.
The Gazebo and a Southern belle of Cypress Gardens
Bill Reynolds and a Southern Belle
Sign for Cypress Gardens
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The "southern belle", or just "belle," was a colloquialism for a wealthy white unmarried woman in the planter class, particularly in the Antebellum South. The belle became a popular archetype, and, al
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…by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie. Over the years it became one of the biggest attractions in Florida, known for its water ski shows, gardens, and Southern Belles. It became known as the "Water Ski Capital of the World" because it was the site of many of the sport's landmark firsts and over 50 world records were…
Sallie Ward (1827-1896), a Kentucky socialite and southern belle
Publicity still for Gone With the Wind (1939) depicting Vivien Leigh in character as Scarlett O'Hara
Southern belle, lithography after a painting by Erich Correns (c. 1850)
Cover illustration of Harper's Weekly from September 7, 1861 showing a southern belle