Here’s a scene just north of Sanford that looks a bit like this today. The woods on the right are thicker and the road has changed, too. Something that has changed a lot are the woods seen in the background.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard is of a turpentine operation somewhere along the St. Johns River. Most camps were no where near this fancy. This is really more a loading and unloading area to ship the sap collected. Note the dugout canoe.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we view the St. Johns River in 1972. This photo is from‘Florida’ by Bern and Franke Keating. You can get a copy of this 1972 coffee table size photo book of Florida by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3nchkTC This book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…