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

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
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. 

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.