From the Platt Street Bridge is a view of Downtown Tampa. Below the bridge is the Hillsborough River. Practically everything in view here is gone now. There is no date on this postcard, but guesstimating from the structures that this is from the early ’60s. Do you all agree?
This is a mere 3 blocks from where the Republican National Convention is happening at this time (August 30th, 2012). Because of the convention the bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.
A young lady and a baby gator! this 1896 is not an unusual site as tourists visiting Florida saw these little fellows as not much different than a lizard. They would buy them and carry them around in a cigar box. Not sure what happened to them…or the tourist, for that matter…later.
This photo is from ‘Victorian Florida’ by Floyd and Marion Rinhart.
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It was August 26th, 1992 when folks in South Florida came out of a long night to see the destruction Hurricane Andrew had caused. Here are just a few photos. Below is a neighborhood after Andrew.
It was an upside down world in Miami for awhile. Notice that the upright van is perpendicular to the parking space.
The Tamiami Airport hangars were as indistinguishable as the residential communities except for the broken airplanes.
At the MetroZoon in Miami a Malaysian Sun Bear seems unfazed by the mayhem and the fallen tree in his living area.
These photos are from, what I think, is the best collection of photos of the time of Hurricane Andrew – ‘Hurricane Andrew -The Big One’ by Bette Baumann.
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It’s a hurricane fashion pose after a hurricane in Fort Lauderdale in 1947.
Photo is from ‘Florida’s Hurricane History’ by Jay Barnes.
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On Friday, August 24th, a marker to the television series ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ was unveiled at Lori Wilson Park off A1A in Cocoa Beach. The commemoration was to recognize the the popular TV series took place in Cocoa Beach, though not actually filmed there. On hand for the unveiling were Brevard County Historical Commission Chairman Joe Morgan, former Florida Sen. Lori Wilson and Brevard County Commission Chairman Chuck Nelson. The dedication occurred just a few days after series star, Barbara Eden, celebrated her 78th birthday.