Florida Then and Now

View from the School: Florida Then & Now

This project documents change in Florida cities, towns, communities and landscapes from a student perspective. Art teacher Polly Werner, in collaboration with the Florida State Archives, conducted the pilot project with her third grade class at Dr. N. H. Jones Elementary School in Ocala, Florida.

The students researched old photographs of their communities using resources from the Florida Photographic Collection, local historical societies, or the students' own family photos. The students then revisited the locations or themes of those historic photographs and re-photographed them as they appear today. The then-and-now photographs are displayed along with short essays by the students.

Then

Now

Papa Bill
Lucas- Age 9

My Papa said "It was peaceful back in 1945 but then they got interrupted by WWII." "Vietnam was also disturbing", my Papa said. I love my Papa.

1945

2002

2003-2004
	Cedar Key
	Ocala

2002-2003
	Ocala

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY ON FLORIDA MEMORY


Sonia Malkine French folk singer Sonia Malkine possessed a delicate and captivating vocal approach.	Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus In 1945, administrators asked returning veterans if they would be willing to attend classes at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee.	Physician's Journal In 1843, Dr. John M. W. Davidson of Gadsden County began recording medical recipes and treatments in a small, leather-bound notebook.