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…
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…
This ad for Anthony’s store in West Palm Beach is from the Palm Beach Post, January 7th, 1940. Anthony’s opened in Palm Beach County in 1895! Today Anthony’s now has locations all over Florida and you can plan a visit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Southeast Florida’s foreclosure debacle led the nation in the third quarter, with 58,624 homes in some stage of default, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. The number of filings in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties rose 25 percent from the second[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…