Here’s a crowd at the Palms Theater in West Palm Beach in 1962 showing the epic ‘How the West was Won”. This photo is from ‘Pioneers in Paradise’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.: https://amzn.to/34Clfio
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While traveling the state of Florida have been seeing the annual arrival of wild flowers everywhere. These purple wildflowers are the most abundant. Are these a type of phlox? This field was found in Ocala.
The newly built First Presbyterian Church of Apopka gets the finishing touches of a steeple in 1952. The church still stands today! To learn more about the church or visit soon Click here: https://www.facebook.com/FirstPresApopka/ This photo is from ‘Images of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a pineapple plantation tended to by Morris R. Johns along the St. Lucie River. Downtown Stuart now sits in it’s place. I believe the library today sits somewhere around where this plantation was. This photo is from ‘History of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby decides to take a walk with Estero as one would with a catfish – in a canoe. There are so many great waterways that line and weave through our state. Get out there and canoe one today or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Clarke Drug Store that was once in Green Cove Springs. The photo is from the early 1900s. This photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County, Florida’ by Arch Fredric Blakey.You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jerry Clem’s Sunshine Motors was a a well known and respected car lot in Daytona Beach. Jerry Clem died in 1968 and the dealership continues into the 1980s. Looked and can’t find when the lot actually closed. Seems Clem’s sons[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
$25 was given to E.V. Sayers to purchase band uniforms for the Largo High School band he started, and the first in the area. Sayers was a former cornet player in John Philip Sousa’s marching band. This photo is from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Hooper Groves citrus stand in Brevard County in the 1950s. These stands used to be all over Florida. There are few left today. Hard to believe folks would pass up a spot like this to buy oranges at a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This 1888 photograph of the Indian River shore shows the coquina rock that lies beneath to many of us. This photo is from ‘Victorian Florida: America’s Last Frontier’ by Floyd and Marion Rinhart. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was a standard scene all over Florida prior to 1948 when new Governor Fuller Warren went about getting fences up to corral the cattle. This scene is along what would become Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa. This photo is from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the 1930s and bananas are being loaded for a trans-shipment. This photo is from ‘Florida – A Guide to the Southernmost State’. If you would like to purchase a copy of this book, click here or below. https://amzn.to/2Wn905z