Here’s a fresh delivery from the tomato crops in Palm Beach County in the late 1800s. The trip from farm to boat to ship the crop always had spoilage. This photo is from ‘Black Gold and Silver Sands – A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1907 photo of visitors to The Breakers in Palm Beach. On the left is a Vanderbilt, William K. Jr.Notice the “alligator” in Vanderbilt’s arms. This photo is from ‘The Breakers Palm Beach – A Century of Grand Traditions’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The image depicts a mighty blustery day, much as we’ve experienced in our state in the past couple days. This postcard wasn’t mailed, but likely included in an package mailed. There is a note on the back from “Frank and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today in 1967 O’Hara’s in Palm Beach was letting Irish lamb invade the Sirloin Room just for St. Patrick’s Day! This advertisement is from the March 17th, 1967 edition of the Palm Beach Post. #SaintPAtricksDay #StPats #SaintPAts #SaintPatricks #Celebrate #Dinner[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postmarked 1907 postcard of Ocean Avenue in Palm Beach that made it’s way to Davenport, Iowa.
This is just half of a full page spread of locomotives from ‘Black Gold and Silver Sands’ by James D. Snyder. Trains were the way to transport sugar out of the Everglades area. U.S. Sugar had a team of trains[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…