In 1908 the car shown, The Pathfinder, was the first car to drive from Jacksonville to Miami. Here the car arrives at Henry Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel. The hotel was Miami’s first luxury hotel and included a swimming pool. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To go along with the portable phone below is this early version of the sport utility vehicle with full mule power in Martin County. This photo is from ‘History of Martin County’ by Janet Hutchinson. You can purchase a copy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Seaboard Air Line making a stop during World War II in Sarasota. From ‘Yesterday’s Sarasota’ by Del Marth. You can get your own copy of this book of historic photos and captions by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3bSkuom This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s 1898 and the trolley has pulled up to the El Pasaje Hotel and Restaurant in Ybor City. It wasn’t as easy to get around as you might notice with the road surface. Horse power was still the major transportation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the 1940s when Dupree Gardens in Pasco County was open. Click here to learn more about J. William Dupree and Dupree Gardens. – http://www.fivay.org/dupree_gardens.htmlThe property now is mostly a housing development. This postcard is part of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a service at Penney Memorial Chapel in Penney Farms, near Jacksonville, in the 1920s. This photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County, Florida’ by Arch Fredric Blakey. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here;s the Trilby-San Antonio railroad depot that still stands in Pasco County. This depot serviced the “Orange Belt Route” as a Atlantic Coast Line Station. This is an undated postcard, but would guess this is from the mid-1960s.
It’s Jacksonville Beach in Duval County around 1975! This area has since become a sprawling mess of sports bars that essentially the same: wings, alcohol, loud music-type sounds and ladies dressed a certain way serving. A good deal of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What better place for a picnic but on a dock along Hutchinson Island in 1927. This is from the book ‘History of Martin County’ by Janet Hutchinson.You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.:https://amzn.to/2YN8aBj This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s around 1950 in this photo of the Miami train station. The tall building is the Dade County Courthouse. If you follow that down closer to ground level, you’ll see the actual station that’s a bit obscured by steam. 1950[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A matchbook of The Columbia Restaurant from the 1940s. The restaurant opened in 1905 and still thrives today in Ybor City. In more recent times they expanded to 7 other locations around Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Celebration and St. Augustine. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A school bus carrying children from a logging community known as Rouxville to school in Punta Gorda. This photo is from ‘Our Fascinating Past – Charlotte Harbor: The Later Years’ by Lindsey Williams & U.S. Cleveland.Click here to get your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…