Florida Collection (page 12)

Fishing for Sawfish
The dangerous pursuit of fishing for sawfish off the coast of Florida Date: 1906

By Car to the Beach
Taking the family to the beach in the age of the automobile - this is Pablo Beach, Florida. Date: circa 1908

Ribault & Florida Indian
Jean Ribault sets up his column which the Florida Indians honour Date: 1562

Mr Duff and Lady Diana Cooper at Palm Beach, Florida
The couple holidaying in Palm Beach, Florida, were the guests of the Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow. Mr Duff had also been touring the USA, giving a series of lectures

Florida travel poster
Travel poster advertising the attractions of Florida including fishing, boating, swimming and attractive residential sites. A man fishes on the bank while two ladies dive from a platform

Panic in a railway carriage
Passengers flee a railway carriage in Florida after a female passenger shows symptoms of Yellow fever

Malcolm Campbell and Blue Bird II
Photograph showing Malcolm Campbell next to his Blue Bird II after breaking the world land speed record of 245.736 mph (over four miles a minute)

Malcolm Campbell setting new world land speed record
Photograph showing Malcolm Campbell in his Blue Bird II setting the new world land speed record of 245.736 miles an hour, at Daytona beach, Florida

Florida Athletics
Athletic and gymnastic feats of the natives of Florida, as recorded by the visiting Europeans

Silver Springs, Florida
A paddle steamer approaches the landing at Silver Springs, Florida, in the heart of the swamp country. Date: circa 1860

Magic / Florida
Ceremony observed by a King of Florida before he goes upon an Expedition

King of Florida consulting his Magician before battle
A King of Florida consulting his Magician before he marches into the field of battle

Spanish Prisoners
SPANISH PRISONERS The first group of Spanish prisoners are taken from Cuba to Key West, Florida

America / Ribaults Column
The French coloniser, Jean Ribault sets up his column in Florida, which is honoured by Native Americans

Adorning Ribault Column
Florida Indians decorate Ribaults column

Native American Medicine
Various forms of healing practised by the Native Americans of Florida; herbs, infusions and smoking

Orange Orchard, Florida
An orange orchard in Florida

PONCE DE LEON / 1460-1521
JUAN PONCE DE LEON Spanish explorer. Went to America with Columbus second voyage. Founded San Juan and discovered Florida

Florida Swamp
A deer and its young gaze dubiously at us as we gaze into the swampy forest scenery of Florida, which isn t all like Miami Beach

Florida Everglades
Deer and flamingoes are among the exotic fauna on a creek, tributary to the St Johns River, Florida

Florida Swamp / Steamer
Travelling by the Oclawaha paddle steamer, Florida

Seagraves Golden Arrow
Henry Seagrave drives his Golden Arrow; at Daytona Beach, Florida, achieving a speed of 372 km/h

Rene De Laudonniere
RENE de GOULAINE de LAUDONNIERE French seaman, founded a protestant colony in Florida but it was destroyed by the Spanish, he barely escaped

Fort Lauderdale Store
G & G General Store at Ford Lauderdale, Florida, with the enigmatic slogan We sell every thing But one thing which no doubt entices customers in to ask - what ?

Spanish Settle Florida
Despite the reluctance of its people to be colonised, Florida is conquered and settled by the Spaniards, leading eventually to Miami beach and Disneyworld

Hurricane, Miami
Miami, Florida, is devastated

Osceloa / Seminoles / Catlin
Chief of the Seminoles in Florida during the Seminole War

Florida Sorcerer
A tribal sorcerer in Florida seeks to learn the outcome of a projected military operation

Tribe in Florida drinking cassine
The King of Florida and his senior tribesmen drink a specially prepared herbal drug concoction known as cassine

Natives of Florida sacrificing babies to their king
Natives of Florida sacrifice their first-born babies to their king, shocking a French witness

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