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Showing posts with label Florida in the 1920s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida in the 1920s. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2022

Florida: a state of superlatives and high hopes in 1921 ... and today?

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  Baggage at Florida East Coast Railway Depot 1921 Florida State Archives Newspapers played a big part in promoting Florida during the boom ...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Florida tent camps, tourism and housing shortages

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Florida tourist camp 1928  Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Florida tent cities served as lodging for workers, refugees...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

About that name Publix ... and its link to Paramount Studios

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  By Jane Feehan George Jenkins opened Publix Food Store in Winter Haven, Florida Sept. 6, 1930. In 1940 he launched Publix Super Market; ...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Dark days of Florida's convict lease system and a North Dakota man's death

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Convicts leased to harvest lumber Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan The convict lease system emerged in the South after slavery was abol...
Saturday, September 5, 2020

Drilling for oil in South Florida during the 1920s

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Oil drill blaster in the Everglades - 1924 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By  Jane Feehan The advertisement below from the  Fort Laud...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Telling "Truth about Florida" and the land boom ... until the 1926 hurricane calamity

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  Aftermath: Miami garage damage Sept. 18, 1926 Florida State Archives/Nulton (1906-1999) By Jane Feehan Florida’s land boom made Northern b...