Back when angled parking was the norm in Downtown St. Petersburg. The columned building in the background is City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce building. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s St Petersburg’ by Hampton Dunn. You can purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Air travel was a Very big deal in Dade County from the ’20s into the ’60s. Announcements like this were even more importnat in Dade. Especially for the business community. This advertisement is from the Miami News, July 14th, 1955.[…]↓ 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…
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…
Looks like The Creature is either at Silver Springs or Wakulla Springs striking a pose of another dweller of Florida, The Great One, Jackie Gleason who would soon make his mark “Live from Miami Beach!…” This photo popped up in[…]↓ 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
Travelers and their dog make their way from St. Louis to Lake Worth in 1912. From ‘Lake Worth – Jewel of the Gold Coast’.You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/35oHpoy