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The South Florida Argus Advertisements (January 3, 1886)
A page of newspaper advertisements in The South Florida Argus issue for January 3, 1886. This issue includes advertisements for various Sanford-based businesses, including the Home Fertilizer Company, Chase and Company, and the Wigwam.The South…
Tags: 1st Street; 5th Street; agriculture; Barrett, C. D.; cabbage; cabbage industry; Chase and Company; Davis, G. W.; fertilizer; fertilizer industry; Fifth Street; First Street; Gilman; Gilman & Company; Home Fertilizer Company; HOTEL; Hotel San Leon; Hughes, D.; insurance; insurance industry; Lake San Leon; Lord, H. B.; Loud & Barrett; Lyman Bank; Lyman Bank Building; Magnolia Avenue; Marks, Richard H.; Miller, Theodore J.; Orange County Land Agency; Randall, J. B.; Sanford; Scott; Scott & Thrasher; Silman, James K.; St. Leon Springs Hotel; Sylvan Lake; The South Florida Argus; Thrasher, A. M.; undertaker; Villa Clare; watches; Wigwam; Wilson, Thomas E.; Wilson's Garden
Trish Thompson
Trish Thompson, Vice President and former President of Creative Sanford, Inc., in October 2013. Creative Sanford is a non-profit organization created to manage Celery Soup community theater productions. The original idea for the Celery Soup:…
View of First Street Looking Towards Sanford Avenue
This is an especially dated dry plate photograph of Sanford, Florida in 1887. The majority of Sanford's buildings prior to the fire of 1887 were built of wood, without much structural integrity. The photograph shows signs of flaking emulsion, as…
W. A. Patrick
A newspaper article about W. A. Patrick, president of the Seminole Tire Shop in Sanford, Florida. Patrick migrated to Sanford on March 10, 192,7 and established a tire repair business that also distributed Firestone and Crosley products. By 1932, his…
West Side View of the Forrest Lake Hotel
The Forrest Lake Hotel from the west side in 1926. Named after the Sanford Mayor and president of Seminole County Bank, the Forrest Lake Hotel has also been known as the Mayfair Inn and was briefly occupied by the Sanford Naval Academy. In 1916,…
Western Union: A Hive of Service
A magazine article about the Western Union Telegraph Company office located at 201 East First Street in Sanford, Florida, in 1926. According to the article, the telegraph business in Sanford was developing rapidly. The office's manager, L. Tharp,…
Woven Tales and Signature Boards at the Princess Theater
A display wall in the Princess Theater, located at 115 West First Street in Sanford, Florida. This wall displays two important artifacts related to Creative Sanford, Inc.: "Woven Tales", materials woven during an earlier play; and the signature…