A handler extracts venom from a rattlesnake in this clip from “Ross Allen Reptile Institute,” circa 1960 (13:33). The historical film captures how scientific wildlife tourism was presented in the 1960s. Watch the complete film on Florida Memory: https://t.co/wGYhKkHlul

November is National Aviation History Month! This month, we’re highlighting Florida’s rich and pioneering past in the sky.  From the first transcontinental flight landing in Jacksonville to the first commercial airline located in St. Pete, our state helped define the industry.

I have been working on this on the side as a hobby project. It is a Pixel Art "Resident Evil" type game taking place inside and around a pharma corporation (MediTech Pharma). The story is quite grim and the farther you go the darker it gets, even grotesque. It is about the

Westgate Publix in Bradenton, 1958. Designed by Lakeland architect Donovan Dean, the futuristic plaza officially opened in 1956. A similar structure, Southgate Shopping Center in Lakeland, followed in 1957. Southgate notably appears in the 1990 film “Edward Scissorhands.”✨

Tallahassee, 1962: Susan (Mayo) Lorch poses with a Siamese cat for a Halloween photo contest, earning first place. The spooky portrait was taken by Lorch’s neighbor Richard Parks, whose work is now preserved at the State Archives of Florida. 🎃

White oak basket weaver Lucreaty Clark recalls childhood memories of seeing Halley’s Comet and the Great January Comet of 1910 in this clip from the 1981 Florida Folklife film “Learned It In Back Days and Kept It: A Portrait of Lucreaty Clark.” Link: https://t.co/HRsiHcpPR2

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Naples Swamp Buggy Races, circa 1964. The clip comes from the recently-redigitized “Unusual World of Florida” (12:53), a midcentury tourism film exploring various Florida attractions. Watch the complete film on Florida Memory. Link: https://t.co/DrWD9ZdD3w.

Have you seen the Florida Skunk Ape? In 1978 “The Florida Skunk Ape Protection Act” proposed a first-degree misdemeanor penalty against anyone convicted of doing harm to the Florida Skunk Ape, a sasquatch-like creature with many purported sightings in Florida since the 19th

Ross Allen and his son Tom handle a 20-foot, 120-pound anaconda underwater in this recently-redigitized clip from “Ross Allen Reptile Institute,” ca. 1960 (13:33). Watch the full tourism film on Florida Memory: https://t.co/wGYhKkHTjT

A new Liggett Drugs store in Sarasota around the time of its grand opening, 1958. The photos come from the personal collection of professional photographer Tom Taggart, preserved here at the State Archives of Florida in Tallahassee (N2022-12, Box 66).

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EPCOT Center “Imagination” sculpture water fountain, 1983. This early version of the jumping fountain took the shape of a “curved space diamond structure,” a patented modular building system representative of a diamond crystal enlarged 8 billion times. ✨

"Mermaids on the Moon" performer Trudy (1944-2020) waving “we come in peace” signs through a prop at @WeekiWacheeSpgs, July 1969. The photo was taken just days after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.✨

Breezeway and landscaped grounds at Advent Christian Home in Dowling Park, just west of Live Oak and about 70 miles east of Tallahassee in Suwannee County, c. 1955 . Founded in 1913 by Dr. Burr A. L. Bixler, it is considered one of Florida’s earliest retirement communities. ✨

Coconut Grove jazz musician Billy Rolle playing the saxophone in Miami, 1985. The audio contains a clip from the State Archives of Florida featuring Rolle performing a Duke Ellington number at the 1986 South Florida Folk Festival. ✨ Full performance: https://t.co/GwG25e4qjt

Earth is calling again. The Powerhouse Museum and MIT are inviting everyone to record a message to be beamed into space. What would you say to the universe?

The then-newly completed J. Edwin Larson state office building in Tallahassee, 1969. Today, drivers approaching the Capitol Complex from South Monroe Street are still greeted by the twin Larson and Fletcher buildings on each side.✨

Today is National Save Your Photos Day and the State Archives of Florida has lots of great information about how to preserve your collections for future generations. From preserving scrapbooks to business records, get expert advice here: https://t.co/DiAWcMQ17p Photo Credit:

Jan Beeks “borrows a light” underwater in a humorous photo taken at Silver Springs, c. 1957. Also visible within the frame are an unnamed second photographer and lighting assistant. Discover more underwater park photography by Bruce Mozert on Florida Memory. ✨

Deborah Chester's "Conch-n-Crab Fritters" stand set up at the first annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, 1991. Explore more photography documenting the festival on Florida Memory. ✨ Photo: https://t.co/qItGfpyF3h

The trailer is here. Season 2 of Owning Manhattan premieres December 5 on Netflix. Bigger listings. Higher stakes. Real estate doesn’t get more real than this. Let’s go. 🎥 Watch the trailer:

Lake Bradford, Tallahassee, June 1961: Maxine Schramm of Tampa and Mickey McNair of Pensacola paddle past Spanish moss-draped bald cypress trees (Taxodium distichum). Lake Bradford is notably home to FSU's Lakefront Park & Retreat Center, formerly known as “The Rez.”✨

Before Florida Memory was established in 1996, images in the State Archives’ Florida Photographic Collection were made more accessible to researchers by the Reference Collection, which organized them by subject matter and relevance. Here are four photos from that collection:

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