Most of the nation considers Florida the escape from the cold winter weather. Lucky visitors would send the folks back home postcards comparing sunny Florida with the snowy North. And few holiday films featured sandy beaches and palm trees. But for Florida residents, winter was a time of holidays, family celebrations, and –sometimes- cold weather.
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Photographed on February 13, 1899.
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"In this vicinity was the Indian Village of Anhayea. Here the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his men spent the fall and winter of 1539-40. Since twelve priests accompanied the Spaniards, it is probable that the first Christmas service in the United States was celebrated here".
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Allen Covington Morris, distinguished historian, journalist, and author of numerous books on Florida history and state government, officially established the Florida Photographic Collection in 1952.
