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Posted in Florida Attractions, Farms & Wildlife April 01, 2016 by Victoria W

There’s Something Special About These 25 Florida Farms From The Past

Florida gets a lot of attention for its beaches and theme parks, but there’s so much more to our state. A lot of folks probably don’t even realize that Florida has a lot of lovely, verdant farms and a fascinating agricultural history. Take a look at these stunning vintage photos of Florida farms:

1. Unidentified woman holding gladiolus at Terra Ceia Island Farms

2. E.B. DeWitt holds the goats from his farm

3. Woman picking citrus

4. Koreshans shipping produce to market from Mound Key.

5. Cutting and binding crotalaria spectabilis for seed

6. Planter on his tractor

7. James H. Mills on his tractor

8. Celery planter

9. Ox powered mill and syrup house making Bay Croft brand cane syrup

10. Two women weighing and sorting cabbages at the Beach & Parker Farm

11. Unidentified man frying fish for the annual farm field day at Velda Dairy Farms

12. Young girl eating freshly picked strawberries

13. Tree Mover

14. Donald Fort loading Garrison watermelons

15. Piper aircraft dusting crops

16. Laborers thinning celery plants

17. School children picking strawberries

18. Constructing shade for tobacco

19. T. G. Mayo and Charlie Brown the ox

20. Tobacco barn

21. Young girl standing in front of a crop of napier grass

22. Jamaican laborers cutting sugar cane

23. Thomas Littleton Brown's tobacco farm

24. Archie Boatwright surveying his corn field

25. Picking peanuts on Isaac Crutchfield's farm

What did you think of these photos? Do you have a favorite rural place in Florida? Please let us know in the comments!

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Victoria W

Victoria is a native Floridian and writer for OIYS. She also makes art, jewelry, and other things for her shop, The Gilded Gator.