Student Museum, Sanford Florida.]]> Student Museum, Sanford Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> More Than a Memory.]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> Original glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger.

]]> The Sanford Herald, November 25, Industrial section, Sanford yesterday/Sanford tomorrow edition.]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

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Sanford was not always known as the "Celery City". The origins of Sanford's connection to celery farming began on December 26, 1894, when a freeze damaged the area's citrus groves. They began to recover during a warm and wet January which promoted new shoots, but a second freeze hit on February 7, 1895, practically wiping them out. The 24 degree temperature was the coldest known in Florida to that point. The freeze was so intense that the sap froze inside the trunks, many of which split open, sounding like gunshots, and crashed to the ground. The population quickly dropped from 5000 to 2000 as the groves were abandoned. I.H. Terwilliger stayed after the freezes and is believed to have planted the first celery grown in Sanford in 1896. By 1898, celery became the crop synonymous to Sanford.

]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> ]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> The Sanford Herald, November 25, Industrial section, Sanford yesterday/Sanford tomorrow edition.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> More than a Memory collection, which explicitly traces the photo's origins to the Sanford Grammar School, located at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida. Three circles of young girls are seen in the photograph holding hands with one another. The bottom portion of the original glass plate negative has suffered from significant flaking emulsion, which have been carried over to all subsequent prints.

Originally established as Sanford High School, the building constructed at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1902. The building was designed by W.G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on the corner of East Ninth Street and South Palmetto Avenue in 1911. The original building on Seventh Street served as Westside Grammar Elementary School, which was later renamed Sanford Grammar School. In 1984, the building was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places and converted into the Student Museum. The building reopened as the University of Central Florida's Public History Center in 2012.]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Orange County Bicentennial Committee (Fla.). More Than a Memory. Orlando, Fla: Orange County Bicentennial Committee, 1975.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> History of Buchanan County, Iowa: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Mary was five years old in 1881; this would place her year of birth between 1875 and 1876. In this portrait, taken during some time in the 1900s, Mary appears to be in her mid- to late twenties.]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Caloosa was one of many steamboats that operated along the St. Johns River during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Steamboats first appeared on the St. Johns in the 1860s. During the next several decades, the St. Johns River became Florida's first major tourist attraction for vacationing Northerners. The river became the state's first "highway", enabling homesteaders to move into the central part of the state. The steamboat era on the St. John's came to an end in the 1880s with the introduction of the Central Florida Railroad.]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> More Than a Memory. Orlando, Fla: Orange County Bicentennial Committee, 1975.]]> More Than a Memory. Orlando, Fla: Orange County Bicentennial Committee, 1975.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> The Sanford Herald, November 25, Industrial section, Sanford yesterday/Sanford tomorrow edition.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Reproduced black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Agriculture--Citrus, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Agriculture--Citrus, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> United States Investor, the Howard-Packard Land Company offered twenty year mortgages at 8% interest. The value of the land holdings ranged between $500 and $100,000. The advertisement also states that, "the funds secured from the sale of these bonds will be used solely for the improvement and installation of the sub-irrigation system on lands which are held as security for this bond issue."]]> Reproduction of original black and white photograph, November 25, 1910: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Assorted, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> The Sanford Herald]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> The Sanford Herald, November 25, Industrial section, Sanford yesterday/Sanford tomorrow edition.]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Print reproduction of original black and white postcard: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Educators, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Educators, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Events--Fairs, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Events--Fairs, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

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The building was remodeled numerous times until World War II, when it became a nursery school. Since the 1960sn, the building has been used as a center for Headstart, a soup kitchen, an arts center, and a treatment facility for women with drug addiction issues. In 1995, the City of Sanford acquired the building from the Seminole County School Board. Sanford donated it to the Tajiri School for Performing Arts and Academics, founded by Patricia Merritt-Whatley, in 1998.]]> Original newspaper article: The Sanford Herald: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Sanford Public Schools, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> The Sanford Herald]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: The Sanford Herald.

]]> The Sanford Herald.]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Sanford Public Schools, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Originally published by The Sanford Herald.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Residential--Homes, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Residential--Homes, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> The Sanford Herald deigned as "The Great Industrial Awakening of the South."]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Residential--City Views, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Residential--City Views, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> The Sanford Herald, November 25, Industrial section, Sanford yesterday/Sanford tomorrow edition.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth. S.l: s.n.], 1975.]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Transportation--Railroads, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Transportation--Railroads, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> A Chronology of the Development of Sanford. S.l: s.n.], 1975.]]> ]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Transportation--Railroads, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> A Chronology of the Development of Sanford. S.l: s.n.], 1975.]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> ]]> Original black and white photograph, January 1, 1884: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Municipal--Fire Department, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> A Chronology of the Development of Sanford. S.l: s.n.], 1975.]]> Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Also seen in the photograph from left to right is a drug store, J. W. Wellington Real Estate, and a fishing tackle and guns store.]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Assorted, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Assorted, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

]]> Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

]]> Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

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The earliest known occupant of this lot was Sanford Ice and Cold Storage in 1887. The first known residents were W. M. Burnett in 1911 and L. W. Caldwell in 1917. Confectioner H. L. Duhart ran his business from this location in 1924. Duhart had previously resided at 403 South Sanford Avenue from approximately 1911 to 1924 and also had another residence at 318 South Sanford Avenue in 1917. By 1926, Duhart had opened a real estate business in his first residence. In that same year, Emma Rankin's restaurant was listed at Suite 401.

The House of Bread Bakery was also located here sometime in the 1920s, though it is not clear if this was before or after Rankin had opened her restaurant. H & A Department Store, opened by Herman Jacobson (d. 1989) and Arthur Jacobson, was located here from approximately 1947 to 1965. By 1952, the store had expanded to include Suites 403-405. Herman's wife, Rose E. Zauderer Jacobson (1913-2009), also became a co-owner after the two married in 1934. Rose Jacobson moved to Geneva, Florida, in 1925 and taught at Sanford Grammar School as a young adult. The couple also opened Ro-Jay's, a women's clothing store at 224 East First Street.

Suite 401 was listed as vacant by 1975. By January 2012, this building remained vacant. On March 7, 2012, Jason Turner's application for a Façade Improvement Grant was approved by the Sanford Community Redevelopment Agency for $20,000.]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> ]]> UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.]]> General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>