Black Hammock Celery Fields

Black Hammock Celery Fields

Black Hammock Celery Fields

Oviedo (Fla.)

Celery

Farming--Florida

Agriculture--Florida

Three African-American farm workers on a celery field in Oviedo's Black Hammock. Oviedo's earliest settlers grew citrus and celery on the area's mucky, rich topsoil. While citrus was the dominant crop for some time, celery took the lead after the Great Freeze of 1894-1895, which destroyed many citrus groves in the Central Florida area. Oviedo's celery industry flourished, especially during World War II, and thus contributed to Central Florida's unprecedented growth and development during that period.

Original black and white photograph: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.

ca. 1930-1949

Digital reproduction of Original black and white photograph.

Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.

Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Black Hammock, Oviedo, Florida

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Oviedo Historical Society and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

"Pioneer Town to Boom Town." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/ED/?page_id=12.

Sloane, Margaret M. "Pioneer Town to Boom Town." The Orlando Sentinel, March 20, 1994. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1994-03-20/news/9403180306_1_grow-celery-mikler-pockets.

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