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…
Unfortunately, the photo in the book this is from gives no other information than that this is a group of oyster shuckers in Apalachicola. It is indicated the photo is from the Florida State Archives. This photo is from ‘African[…]↓ 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 a page I drew for the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida Dunellon’
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…
Here’s one of the five and ten cents stores in Orlando fifty plus years ago. Not sure of the date of this matchbook but would guess about 1960. Please post any comments below if you have memories of going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seventeen year old Susan Deen was crowned in Hastings the 1962 Potato Queen by, then, Agricultural Commissioner Doyle Conner. The Deen family is a vast one in Florida spreading far beyond the potato fields in Hastings in western St. Johns[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s teh Seminole Hotel in Winter Park in the late 1800s. It burned to the ground in 1902. This photo is from Chronological History of Winter Park’ by Claire MacDowell. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
HEre’s the welcoming arch that once stood in Downtown Lakeland On Kentucky Avenue, off Main Street. This photo is from ‘Lakeland’s Unique Architectural Heritage’. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Without an actual address, it’s hard to know where this was. Below is what is at 89th Street and the beach today. The building on the right is too new. The one on the left may have been The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…