History digital archive... Vintage Florida....

I like looking for vintage photos, so today..


vintage Florida



found the pictures here
http://www.floridamemory.com/
happy hunting... 150,000 digitized photos


1950 Daytona


1947 Daytona


1952 Daytona


1952 Daytona


1941 Riverside Chevrolet








Yea, drop those at my house...


Model A mower


1955 Sebring


1963 Miss Firecracker, 4th of July: Daytona Beach


1947? Hardee Ford dealership, Madison


1953 swamp buggy races: Naples


1953 swamp buggy parade: Naples
Queen Ilene Clemens & Leon McCormick
Check those whitewalls!...




1956 Hillbilly Jamboree on WCTV for Ford Tractors: Tallahassee
You'd thought they'd kept the Buick out of the photo....


1956 Hillbilly Jamboree
Jesse McReynolds, Jim McReynolds and Jack Ridner


1947 St. Petersburg
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Great pictures,. Thanks for posting them !

 

cool pictures thanks for sharing

 

Great sight,... this is a cool shot,....

 

very kool pics Thanks...

 

Wow! Man there is NO WAY I am getting any work done tomorrow! That is kickass

 

Check this out ! (LowKat,.. you my favorite person today !)

 

cool stuff thanks for posting them

 

It's gonn'a be a long night !





16" wires & Bigs and littles ?,.......

 

Drugs and liquor will get ya every time!

 

Anybody know anything about these?
promotion for Wynn's Oil at Richfield gas station :
Jacksonville 1957

 

1930's Barney Oldfield and his racer "Golden Submarine"

 

after seeing the swamp buggy races, i now know why 32-34 pu doors are hard to find!

 

1926 advertisement for 300 mile race at Fulford-Miami Speedway
PRETTY EXPENSIVE SEATS FOR 1926



1926 Barney Oldfield, official starter at Fulford-Miami Speedway



1926 Ralph Hepburn at Fulford-Miami Speedway
NOTE WOODEN RACETRACK



1926 Earl DeVore in Miller Special at Fulford-Miami Speedway



1926 Fulford




1926 Fulford Speedway remains after hurricane

 

Threads like this are why I love the H.A.M.B.! Thank's for sharring your photo's!

 

WOW!!! Awesome!!! I should have been born back in the day. Design was spot on. Automotive, architecture, industrial, everything. Isn't it great the stuff we all love is still around and kick'n...hard! Thanks LowKat.

 

1946 Leesburg, FL photos... harvesting Spanish moss.
Suppliers arriving at Leesburg Moss Yard to sell.

truck.... don't need no stinkin' truck...








this kid has a wagon load waiting to get weighed & paid
I'll bet he had a hot rod in later years...

 

1929 Lee Bible in the tri-motored "Triplex" at Daytona


The Triplex weighed seven tons and was powered by three 12-cylinder Liberty Aircraft engines, capable of producing more than 1,200 horsepower.









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Lee Bible was killed in a pre-record land speed attempt March 13, 1929 at Ormond Beach, FL.


This photo is before he got in the car for his last ride.



At the wheel of the car that killed him.



Just before the crash



Crowd gathered around wreckage that killed Lee Bible.

On his first run, Bible was clocked at 186 mph, well below the record of 231.44 mph held by Englishman Major Henry O. D. Segrave in his Golden Arrow.

On Bible's return run he was clocked at 202 mph. Shortly after the traps the car swerved, presumably because Bible released the accelerator too quick.

The Triplex crashed into the dunes and rolled, coming to a stop 200 feet further. Bible was thrown from the car, killing him instantly. The Triplex flew into cameraman Charles Traub, also killed instantly.

 

Outstanding. Amazing that something so simple can brighten up an otherwisw dull day

thanks for that

 

The Tin-Can Tourists.

A camping club still going today.





1920's Gainesville



1920 De Soto Park, Tampa



1949 Tampa



1933 Arcadia



1931 Arcadia



1929 Arcadia
House car of L.N. Barlow



1929 Arcadia
House car from Minneapolis at convention



1979, yes 1979 Eustis, Florida
Kermit M. Brown and his "Tin Can Camper"


1929 Arcadia
House car named Harriet at the convention.



1937 tourist camp

 

How 'bout some vintage gas?


Campbellton, FL. photo taken in 1980's
Where's this brand today?
I could use some Mo-Jo.


1940 A.E. Cooper's Sinclair Station: Monticello


1957 Phillips 66 at 958 Cassat Ave. Jacksonville


1955 Cities Service, grand opening with country band: Jacksonville


1955 Cities Service, grand opening: Jacksonville


1955 Cities Service, grand opening: Jacksonville


1947 Malcolm Morris with display at his Gulf Station: Monticello


1953 (ish) How about some SPEED gas. location unkown


1964 Clowns at a Phillips 66: Tallahassee


1935 Mobil, Cherry Lake Rehabilitation Community: Cherry Lake


1959 Eli Roberts Sinclair station: Tallahassee


1957 Osweiler boys at Vic Osweiler's Pure Oil, Monroe St. Tallahassee

 

How did I miss this thread? Great photos guys.

 

LowKat,

Killer site! Thanks for the heads up.

 

Wow... some very cool photos! Thanks!

Malcolm

 

wow great pics, thanks

 

this is almost like time travel. great thread!

 

Very cool. Now how come I can never find pics like this of northern Michigan?

-Dave

 

good stuff! thank you.

 

So you mean to tell me their was life before Miami Vise in Fl.

 

Great pictures! Thanks!!!