At Florida State University, then the Florida State College for Women, a group of students kick up in front of the Westcott Building in 1915. This photo is from ‘Yesterday in Florida – Volume 3’. You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The author of ‘The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit’, Sloan Wilson, lived in Florida on and off from when he was five years old. A number of his books takes place in our state including this one from 1967,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the largest load of lumber pulled from the pine forests of Lee County, near Slater, by the Dowling & Camp Lumber Company in the early 1930s. From ‘Lee County – A Pictorial History’. You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a pilot training at the Melbourne Naval Air Station during it’s existence between 1942 and 1946. This photo is from ‘The History of Brevard County – Volume 2’ by Jerrell Shofner. You can purchase a copy by clicking here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lindy’s Sundries matchbook. The address doesn’t seem to exist anymore, so I couldn’t find what is in the place of Lindy’s today.
Dock and packing house in Fernandina Beach in the 1920s. This is from ‘Centre St. – Fernandina Historic District’ by the Amelia Island Fernandina Restoration Foundation. You can purchase one by clicking here or below.
Here’s Miss Florida Special 1963 and, also coming up the steps, “Miss Florida Special 1888” greeting the Florida Special itself. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by Seth Bramson. You can purchase this wonderful history of the Florida East[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Paving roadway sure has changed since 1912. This group is paving Eagle Lake Loop in Eagle Lake in Polk County. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
It’s another Coca-Cola distributor in Winter Haven. This photo is from ‘The History of Winter Haven’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
This is Brevard Avenue in Downtown Cocoa in the 1920s. This photo is from ‘History of Brevard County’ by Jerrell Shofner.
The Venetian Causeway opens in 1926 to help folks get back and forth from Miami and Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami: the Way We Were’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.