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November is family literacy month! If you have a research need, we can help! We are open Monday through Friday from 9-4:30 pm. 📷: fslt.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/s…
Alligator resting on the bank of hatmaker John B. Stetson's artificial pond, Deland, ca. 1900. This "alligator pit" was kept for the entertainment of out of town guests visiting from the cowboy hat inventor's hometown of Philadelphia. Link: floridamemory.com/items/show/899…
Close-up profile portrait of Seminole cowkeeper Ada Tiger at Dania Reservation, ca. 1962. Celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November by visiting our Classroom page for more examples of Florida's Native American history and culture: floridamemory.com/learn/classroo…
#OTD in 1915, M. Athalie Range was born to a family of Bahamian immigrants in Key West. Range made history as the first Black woman elected to Miami’s City Commission in 1965, and again as the first Black woman to serve as the head of a Florida state agency in 1970.
RIP Victor Lundy (02/01/1923 - 11/04/2024), one of the founding architects of the Sarasota School. Lundy designed many historic buildings in Florida, including Warm Mineral Springs Motel, Galloway's Furniture Showroom, St. Paul Lutheran and the Silver Springs Visitor's Center.
Ficus tree along the garden pathway at Thomas Edison's winter home in Fort Myers, Florida, year unknown. Edison, who first came to Fort Myers around 1885 for a series of “working vacations,” developed here one of the most extensive tropical botanical gardens in the United States.
There are just five days until #ElectionDay2024! Historic elections and voting information can be found on this State Library resource page: bit.ly/2N20rKG. Photo courtesy of @FLMemory floridamemory.com/items/show/134…
View of the amusement center and boardwalk at Daytona Beach, 1975. ✨ Department of Commerce collection. State Archives of Florida, Image COM07474. Link: floridamemory.com/items/show/243….
#HBD belatedly to Bob Ross! The painter and TV personality was born October 29th, 1942, in Daytona Beach and raised in Orlando, making him one of the most well-known people in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame dos.fl.gov/cultural/progr….
Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture unveiling in Pietrasanta, Italy, 2021 (N2022-19). #AmericanArchivesMonth Staff Pick by Thomas Robinson, Archivist Supervisor II, Collections Management. See image description to read what Tom had to say about this record!
Florida Skunk Ape Protection Act - House Bill 58, 1978. Staff Pick by Matthew Storey, Archives Historian. Click the first image description to read what Matthew had to say about this fascinating record:
It's #TallahasseeTuesday! Check out this 1959 image of the Carlton building in the Capitol Complex which was taken on an acetate negative. @FLMemory has many photos of buildings around Tallahassee. floridamemory.com/items/show/126….
State Archives of Florida Staff Pick: Mark Nicolou, Florida Memory Program Director. Record: Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by Clarence Earl Gideon, 1961. See image description for Mark's explanation! 📜: floridamemory.com/items/show/339… 📷: floridamemory.com/items/show/351…
Archives Staff Pick from Zoe H., Florida Memory Content and Curriculum Coordinator. See image description for Zoe's explanation! 📸: Bank founders at the Metropolitan Bank - Ocala, Florida, 1914. ✉️: Letter from Julia B. Timmons to Governor Doyle E. Carlton, 1929 (S204.)
The State Archives of Florida continues its celebration of American Archives Month with another entry in our Staff Picks series! These photos of baby armadillos feeding and resting at Weeki Wachee Springs in 1975 were selected by Florida Memory Systems Analyst, Andrew M:
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