Florida Memory

#DYK there are more than 11,000 vintage Florida postcards available at Florida Memory? Regardless of where you travel in the Sunshine State, there is bound to be one that inspires you! Download for free or order a print here: floridamemory.com. Just type “postcard” in the search bar to get started. @FLMemory is a service of the State Archives of Florida.

#OTD in 1954, The Creature from the Black Lagoon was released in the United States. The successful sci-fi horror film grossed over $3 million that year and was shot at Wakulla Springs and Silver Springs State Parks in Florida. More here: museumoffloridahistory.com/explore/collec… @FLMemory @America250FL @FLStateParks

Florida becomes a state! The Act establishing statehood for Florida and Iowa was approved #OTD in 1845 by the 28th Congress making Florida the nation’s 27th state. Act Establishing Florida Statehood, 1845. 1845-03-05. State Archives of Florida, @FLMemory See the entire document here: floridamemory.com/items/show/336… @America250FL

It’s #TourismTuesday and we’re going back in time to visit Circus World. Located in Davenport in Polk County, an originally the property of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Combined Shows Inc., the park opened in 1974 and closed in 1986. @FLMemory

#OTD in 1964 Muhammad Ali, at that time known as Cassius Clay, won his first World Heavyweight Championship at the Miami Beach Convention Center, defeating the reigning champion Sonny Liston in six rounds. Ali went on to claim two more heavyweight titles over the course of his career. This and other photos of the historic bout are preserved on @FLMemory : floridamemory.com/items/show/336…

For #TourismTuesday, we’re venturing out to what’s been called the "cucumber capital of the world,” Wauchula, FL. Visit the city’s historic district and the Albert Carlton Estate in these beautiful photos from our collection. @FLMemory

Econfina Creek, ca. 1967: A group of women wades into a spring feeding the 26-mile creek in northern Bay County. About 18.4 miles along the creek make up a portion of the Florida Trail. Explore more photos of outdoor recreation in the Florida Panhandle on Florida Memory. 𖤓

Floral City native, journalist and historian Hampton Dunn (1916 - 2002) sunbathes on the beaches of Venice Lido, Italy, summer of 1945. Dunn served as chief public relations officer for the 12th Air Force Headquarters, the Mediterranean Theater of Operation during World War II.

It’s #MapMonday! Let’s go back in time to 1964 and view this official tourist road map of the sunshine state. The map also listed many attractions, recreation facilities at state parks and historic memorials throughout the state. Click here: bit.ly/49E92vw @FLMemory

Cape Coral’s Iwo Jima Memorial is one of only three replicas of the original memorial in Washington, D.C. sculpted by Felix W. de Weldon. Commissioned by Gulf American Corporation in 1964, the memorial was refurbished and rededicated in 1998. Learn more about the monument here: markers.flheritage.com/home/details/8…. Photo: Sculpture in the "Garden of Patriots" at the Cape Coral Gardens attraction. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, @FLMemory. @America250FL

Happy National Airboat Day! #DYK Airboats have been in Florida since the 1920s? Their ability to navigate shallow wetlands has made them the preferred motorboat in Florida’s Everglades for nearly a century. Check out the @FLMemory Photo Exhibit “The Everglades in the Time of Marjory Stoneman Douglas” for a historical overview of Florida’s largest wetland ecosystem: floridamemory.com/learn/exhibits… Photo: Tourists on an airboat tour in the Everglades, circa 1996

Yesterday, the Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away at the age of 84. #DYK that in 1984 (and 1988), Jackson embarked on a presidential campaign? View these pictures of Jackson when he visited FAMU & FSU. Learn more about Jackson here: bit.ly/4anuVAN. @FLMemory

Weeki Wachee Springs: Photos from 1965-1972 Swimmer Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs in 1947. The park's imaginative underwater mermaid performances helped define Florida's midcentury roadside tourism boom. In 2008, Weeki Wachee Springs was designated a state park.✴️

Play Ball! Baseball spring training gets underway on Friday. #DYK? teams have been coming to Florida since 1888 to prepare for the long season ahead. @FLMemory’s Visual History of Baseball in Florida is a collection of historic photographs capturing Florida’s big leaguers, little leaguers and everything in between: floridamemory.com/learn/exhibits… Photo: Baserunners for the Tampa Smokers getting a sliding lesson during spring training, February 20, 1948. @MLB @America250FL

#DYK February is #LibraryLoversMonth? Let’s celebrate with some photos of libraries around the state from different time periods. Do you recognize any of them? @FLMemory

Bonifay, 1948: The Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo Parade marches through Bonifay before the clip cuts to rope twirling, calf roping and slow-motion bull riding. The rodeo began in 1944 as a fundraiser for the Bonifay Kiwanis Club. Complete film: floridamemory.com/items/show/252…

Tallahassee, 1963: Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck eats backstage before a performance at FSU's Westcott Auditorium (now Ruby Diamond Concert Hall). Brubeck and his quartet were in the midst of an eight-year run averaging 100 college concerts annually. 🔗: floridamemory.com/items/show/272….

Tallahassee, 1978: star lineman Tyrone McGriff (1958-2000) and Coach Rudy Hubbard of the Florida A&M University Rattlers are interviewed by WFSU-TV reporter Ken Darby. Watch the complete film: floridamemory.com/items/show/351…

Tampa, ca. 1964: Historical “reenactment” of the Ybor City invasion during the Gasparilla Carnival. The carnival has been celebrated almost every year since 1904. Find more photography documenting the annual pirate festival in the Florida Photographic Collection.

@FlaFan 📸: Department of Commerce collection. State Archives of Florida, Image DC011646.

@FLMemory Hi....Is there a source for the photo?

Retirees knitting and sunning in a courtyard, likely in South Florida, ca. 1962. Do you recognize this location? 𖤓