Monthly Archives: January 2019

Tropical Digital Images, Florida

Tropical Path - Digital Image

Tropical Path – Digital Image

Tropical Path – Digital Image

The original image is from the Library of Congress
Between 1899 and 1926
https://www.loc.gov/resource/agc.7a04043/

(This very much remindes me of the foliage around the places where I stay in Winter Park.)

My family moved to Florida in 2014, since then I’ve visited a lot. I rent cottages in Winter Park when I go, and I’ve been haunted by the landscape. 

I also love historic photographs. I’ve been researching them where I live in Newburyport, Massachusetts for the last 15 years. 

Spanish Moss 1 - Digital Image

Spanish Moss 1 – Digital Image

Spanish Moss 1 – Digital Image

The original is from the Library of Congress
c 1900-1920
“Auto course, Savannah, Ga”
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016796086/

This Yankee has fallen in love with Spanish Moss.

One winter day, not too long ago, I started to Google “Tropical” and I found historic photographs on the Library of Congress’s website. And I started making digital images working with the photographs I found that are in the in the public domain from the Library of Congress. All those visits down south have made an impression.  

I also became fascinated by the historic photographs of Florida.  

Lake Eola - Digital Image

Lake Eola – Digital Image

Lake Eola – Digital Image
The original is from the Library of Congress
“Glimpse of Lake Eola, Orlando, FL”
c 1906
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016817818/

This is what Orlando looked like in 1906.

From some of my walks around Winter Park. 

Winter Park, FL, Mary Baker

Winter Park, FL
Mary Baker

Winter Park, FL, Mary Baker

Winter Park, FL
Mary Baker

Winter Park, FL, Mary Baker

Winter Park, FL
Mary Baker

Panoramic view looking west of South – Orlando, Florida 1884
Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida

Panoramic view looking west of South - Orlando, Florida 1884 Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida

Panoramic view looking west of South – Orlando, Florida 1884
Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida

This early photographs of Orlando reminds me of my own New England town and towns all across upstate New York. I am fascinated.