Actor Redd Foxx and actress LaWanda Page at the Stars Hall of Fame (June 1977)
Sightseers on footbridge at the Gatorland Zoo swamp (1979)
Couple at Rosie O’Grady’s restaurant (1979)
Senator Bob Graham during work day as a bellhop (July 15, 1977)
Marcia Kernstein, Marlene Stone and Eva Ritt (December 10, 1975)
Visitor meeting Eeyore at the Magic Kingdom (June 1977)
Residence in Orlando (1880s)
Man on rearing horse (ca. 1885)
Men holding mules (1890s)
Cattleman Tom Johnson (1890s)
Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. These Temari were made by master folk artist Kazuko Law and her daughter Chieri Esposito. They were photographed in 1985 in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Temari made by Chieri Esposito and Kazuko Law: Gulf Breeze, Florida (April 1985)
Temari made by Chieri Esposito and Kazuko Law: Gulf Breeze, Florida (April 1985)
Magnolia Avenue (ca. 1910)
Central House (ca. 1880s)
Orange Avenue (1879)
Pumping station of Orlando Water and Light Company on Lake Highlands (1890s)
Fishing (1890s)
South Orange Avenue (1902)
Entrance to Bellevue Heights subdivision (ca. 1915)
Cay Russ in her wedding dress: Tallahassee, Florida (May 1966)
Newly Wed sign on back of car (1900s)
Mr. and Mrs. MacGruder honeymooning on the Suwannee River (1875)
Duckling contemplates “No Swimming” sign at Weeki Wachee Springs
Nancy Tribble posed with underwater sign at Weeki Wachee Springs (1947)
Nancy Tribble was the underwater double for Ann Blyth in the 1948 Universal Studios film “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid.”
Safety first: Bathe within life lines (ca. 1910)
Young women making fun of sign at beach requiring full bathing suits: Miami, Florida (1934)
Ybor City began as a cigar factory town in the 1880s. The town’s namesake, Vicente Martinez Ybor, purchased 40 acres of land east of Tampa and, with the help of the Tampa Board of Trade, established Ybor City in 1886.
Over the next five decades thousands of Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants came to Ybor City to work in the cigar industry. Several manufacturers set up operations and at its peak in the 1920s the cigar factories employed more than 12,000 workers.
Residences Ybor City (ca. 1885)
Seventh Avenue (ca. 1908)
Havana-American Cigar Company (ca. 1910)
Cigar production declined during the Great Depression. Labor strikes and increased automation led to the near collapse of the industry by the mid-20th century. Although nearly all of the cigar factories are gone, Ybor City entered a period of revival beginning in the late 1980s. The district is now home to lively nightlife, numerous restaurants and thriving businesses.
Interior of a cigar factory (ca. 1920)
Ybor City street scene (ca. 1925)
Cuesta Ray Cigar Company (1929)
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On Monday, August 20, Augusta National Golf Club opened its exclusive membership to women for the first time in its 80-year history. As these photographs and film show, women have long shared men’s passion for the game of golf.
Visitors teeing off on the lawn of the Royal Palm hotel: Miami, Florida (1899)
Woman golfer on the course: Palm Beach, Florida (1918 or 1919)
Maureen Orcutt (1920s)
Women golfing with Dr. William E. Van Brunt in Tallahassee, Florida (1930s)
Babe Zaharias and her caddy at the golf tournament: Saint Augustine, Florida (1947)
Enjoy some of our favorite photographs of Cedar Key.
View showing high water from the 1896 hurricane
Women and girls enjoying the water (September 27, 1896)
Main Street (September 1948)
Cedar Key State Bank (ca. 1910)
Employees at the Eagle Pencil Company cedar mill (ca. 1890)
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