ALT Greetings from Hernando County. Home of Weeki Wachee's Mermaids

ALT 1. “Alice” underwater with a mermaid at Weeki Wachee, 1965. Rita McKenna is Alice, with Terry Hamlet playing the mermaid. The sign reads: “Caution 15 knot mermaid school zone.” Photo by Danny Ray Spencer. (MOZ02179)

ALT 3. Mermaids Beth, left, and Sandy in the shower with a toucan, 1972. (MOZ03425)

ALT 4. “Michigan mermaids” close-up in a circle, 1972. Clockwise from upper left: Cathy, Peggy, Sandy, Barb, Marti, Beth, and Kathy. (MOZ03434)

ALT 10. Mermaid statues near the front entrance to the park, 1966. (MOZ02175)

ALT 📸: Bruce Mozert collection. State Archives of Florida, Image MOZ04734.

ALT 1. Mermaid Barb (in red) helping Vicki with her makeup for a commercial shoot at Weeki Wachee, 1975. (Bruce Mozert collection. State Archives of Florida, Image MOZ04129)

ALT 2. Mermaids Becky and Linda in the water performing a wet hairwhip during a commercial shoot at Weeki Wachee, 1975. (MOZ04126)

ALT 1. Close-up view showing mermaid Marti waving from the porthole of the Weeki Wachee sign, ca. 1973. (MOZ01288)

ALT 2. Mermaids Peg and Susan wearing Catalina swimsuits in an underwater performance of "Raindrops" at Weeki Wachee, 1973. (MOZ02018)

ALT 3. Wild hogs swimming in the Weeki Wachee River, 1973. (MOZ02615)

ALT 4. Visitors on the Congo Belle I jungle cruise adventure tour boat watching an egret at the Weeki Wachee River's edge, 1971. (MOZ02875)

ALT 📸: Photo by Claude Erskine Long (1919-1999). Bruce Mozert collection. State Archives of Florida, Image MOZ02190.