This group of surveyors was in the process of mapping 44,000 acres of of land, mostly swamp, owned by the Florida Everglades Land Company in 1911. From ‘Lake Worth – Jewel of the Gold Coast’.You can purchase a copy by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cows get refreshed in the fountain that once sat at the intersection of Main Street and Palm Avenue. The fountain was added by Sarasota’s founder, John Hamilton Gillespie. In the early 1900s cows could often be found wandering around Downtown[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what beckoned visitors to the La Mark Charles Motel in Pinellas Park on US 19. The motel is still open today! Here’s what the La Mark Charles Motel looks like today: View Larger Map
Sorry to learn of the death of the prolific author, Elmore Leonard. Besides his writings with weastern and Detroit settings were his many books with Florida settings. Many of which are seen above. Settings mostly focused on Dade and Palm[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Stanley Segal in his auto garage of his Segal Safety Cabs getting in shape in Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days Gone By’ by Joann Biondi. You can get your own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a cigar factory in Ybor City known for making a well-known cigar at the time, the Julia Marlowe. The two cars are Westcott cars. This photo is from ‘Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 2, Issues 9-14’. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sea and the Stars by Robert Wilder My rating: 2 of 5 stars Robert Wilder stepped a bit too far in his prose involving detailing so much Daytona Beach and Florida history. I LOVE Florida history and volunteer and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sea and the Stars by Robert Wilder My rating: 2 of 5 stars Robert Wilder stepped a bit too far in his prose involving detailing so much Daytona Beach and Florida history. I LOVE Florida history and volunteer and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is form a 1960 Florida Department of Agriculture brochure, ‘This is Florida Land of Sunshine’, promoting tourism in the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture at the time was Lee Thompson, who states in the brochure that Florida produces[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from Yesterday in Florida Annual Edition: Volume 1, Issues 1-8. You can purchase this book by clicking here or below.
Here’s the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Apalachicola. This structure was built in 1917. Since these photos were taken there have been a few alterations such as a new sign in the front, the Baptism pool has been painted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is Downtown Auburndale in 1913. The year before a fire had brought the area to the ground. Before the 1912 fire, the Downtown was built of wood. The town builders turned to brick and that is what you see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…