2013 marks the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Seminole County. On April 25, 1913, Seminole County was carved out of Orange County. Enjoy a few of our favorite images of Seminole County’s people, places and events.
Drawing of Fort Mellon on Lake Monroe (ca. 1837)
Altamonte Hotel, Altamonte Springs (1880s)
Sanford Waterfront (1882)
Waiting for the train, Altamonte Springs (ca. 1885)
Hotel Sanford (1886)
Steamboats on Lake Monroe (ca. 1886)
Cassava seedbeds, Lake Mary (early 1900s)
Main Street in Oviedo (ca. 1900)
Sanford telephone exchange (1910s)
Automobile transported by ferry on Lake Monroe (February 14, 1912)
Sanford Machine and Garage Company (1917)
The Senator, near Longwood (1920s)
Jewish women’s club outside the Celery City Tea Room in Sanford (1933)
Dedication of Lake Monroe Bridge (April 6, 1934)
Celery harvest near Sanford (1937)
Seminole County Courthouse (1940s)
Sanlando Springs (1946)
Band shell on Lake Monroe (1949)
Members of the New York Giants and the Sanford girls team warming up (April 1950)
Beulah Conley operating a toroid coil winding machine in Casselberry (January 1958)
Larry Aubrey on the St. Johns River near Sanford (February 1960)
Barbara Muller of Lake Mary performing at the Florida Folk Festival (1976)
Tags: Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Lake Monroe, Longwood, Oviedo, Sanford, Seminole County, St. Johns River
