View of First Street Looking Towards Sanford Avenue

View of First Street Looking Towards Sanford Avenue

1st Street and Sanford Avenue

Photography--Florida--History

Street photography--United States

Cityscape photography

Sanford (Fla.)

Streets--Florida

Avenues

Roads--Florida

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 there is mild discoloration throughout the image and blurring along its edges.

This is an especially dated dry plate photograph of approximately the same area as the 1910 cityscape. The contrast between the two images are quite striking. Taken at about the same time as the Palmetto House photograph, it is apparent that the majority of Sanford's buildings prior to the fire of 1887, were built of wood, without much structural integrity. If one were to subtract the palm trees from the photograph, this image of Sanford could easily be mistaken for a frontier mining town in the American West. The photograph shows signs of flaking emulsion, as there is mild discoloration throughout the image, and blurring along its edges.

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

1877

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

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.

Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth. S.l: s.n.], 1975.

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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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Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth. S.l: s.n.], 1975.

1 black and white photograph