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#1

Lemon Street Palatka late 1800s.

#2

Benjamin Alexander Putnam Namesake of Putnam County.

#3

Putnam House before1876 Restoration.

#4

Putnam House 1878 after 1876 Restoration Before 1884 Fire.

#5

Putnam House North.  Cottage early 1870s—originally the Pulaski Hotel 1st built in Palatka.

#6

Putnam House after 1876 Renovation Before 1884 Fire.

#7

Putnam House--April 14 1881.

#8

Putnam House (picture missing).

#9

Putnam House (Front Street) after 1876.

#10

Putnam House, Palatka, Florida 1908.

#11

Putnam House after 1884  early 1900s.  Corner of 2nd Street and Reid to Lemon Street.

#12

Larkin House in background taken somewhere around 1st Street.

#13

Larkin House in the early 1870s.

#14

View from porch of Larkin House onto an Oceangoing Vessel belonging to City of Jacksonville and Palatka.

#15

View from Larkin House pre-1884 Warnake House, later Crill’s-Putnam House.

#16

Larkin House--Upper Porch sometime before 1884 after 1876.

#17

Arlington Hotel late 1880s.  Later razed for James Hotel.

#18

Saratoga Hotel in 1911 with pools in back North 2nd Street.

#19

Pin Hook Bend in Ocklawaha River—1886.

#20

Breakfast on the Ocklawaha River--1870s.  Charles Seaver, photographer.

#21

Sunday night camp on-the Ocklawaha River mouth of Ocklawaha—1870.

#22

“Poor Alligator" 1870s.

#23

TUSKAWILLA on the Ocklawaha River--1880s.

#24

OSCEOLA at Silver Springs, Florida--1890s.

#25

OSCEOLA--1870s.

#26

New England Schooner on the St. John's River brought ice--took lumber--1920s.

#27

New England Schooner on the St. John's River brought ice--took lumber--1910.

#28

OSCEOLA on the Ocklawaha River--1880s.

#29

Bird's eye view of Park and City Hall Palatka, Florida—1915.

#30

River Street looking north Hamm House  now Leary's—1914.

#31

In Background--Courthouse and St. Joseph's Convent.

#32

Emmett and Dodge Street--Convent Home behind man.

#33

Judge Bronson's Home--now Bronson-Mullholland House at "Sunny Point"--around 1940s.

#34

Benjamin Putnam Calhoun Home—1940.

#35

James Mellon's Home on Emmett Street—1910.

#36

1st Courthouse and 1st School House.

#37

Captain Gray's Residence looking north toward the old Courthouse Building on 4th Street—1890.

#38

Presbyterian Church--Florida Southern Railway—1908.

#39

First Baptist ChurchPalatka, Florida 1913.

#40

Col. Hubbard L. Hart of Palatka.

#41

OKEEHUMPKEE at Silver Springs, Florida--1900s.

#42

Putnam Courthouse—Palatka, Florida--late 1800s.

#43

Putnam Courthouse—Palatka, Florida - April 8  1925.

#44

METAMORA of the Lucas New Line at Silver Springs--1900s.

#45

METAMORA of the Lucas New Line at Silver Springs--1900s on the Ocklawaha River.

#46

Waterfront of Palatka, Florida.

#47

South 2nd Street Palatka, Florida.

#48

Corner of 2nd Street and Lemon Street 1908.

#49

Lemon Street looking towards James Hotel 1900s.  (Where Shoe Doctor is today (1983).

#50

Front Street and Saratoga Hotel (North 2nd & Reid Street) (Where Jack Bryan's office today).

#51

Palatka Atlantic National Bank 1940.

#52

Taken from booklet "The American Review of Reviews"--1925.

#53

Picture of Wilson Cypress taken in 1950s.

#54

Bird's Eye View of Palatka—1884.

#55

Ravine Gardens—1940.

#56

Col. Hart's OKEEHUMPKEE on the St. Johns 1880.

#57

Col. Hart's OKEEHUMPKEE on the Ocklawaha at Ft. Brook in 1875.

#58

Col. Hart's OKEEHUMPKEE at Silver Springs in the early 1880s.

#59

Col. Hart's OKEEHUMPKEE leaving Silver Springs in the early 1880s.

#60

OKEEHUMPKEE in the 1900s.

#61

Capt. Green's OCKLAWAHA at the Wharf in Palatka March 17, 1876.  Reid’s Ice House in background.

#62

TUSKAWILLA at Silver Springs landing around the 1880s.

#63

Booknight's Daily line of river steamers "The TUSKAWILLA leaves for Silver Springs on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays at 9:30 am in the 1880s.”

#64

Remains of HIAWATHA steamer in the St. Johns June 1961 Hart's Point,  East Palatka.

#65

Later version of Hart's Line OCKLAWAHA 1910.

#66

METAMORA of Palatka--1900 on the Ocklawaha.

#67

On the St. Johns River--Dock at Palatka—1910.

#68

Palatka Athletic Club about 1889.

#69

View of Palatka from East Palatka—1905.

#70

Taken in Col. Hart's Garden--1880s.

#71

Waterfront view from Wilson's Pier—1907.

#72

Plans of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

#73

St. Marks Episcopal Church.

#74

First Baptist Church on Laurel Street before it burned.

#75

Kennerley House beside St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—1911 House later torn down for Atlantic Bank [now Capital City Bank] parking lot.

#76

Hart's Grove.  Preparing for freeze of 1905.

#77

Col. Hart's Garden.

#78

Captain Gray's home corner of 4th and Oak Streets--1940s.

#79

Robert Raymond Reid's (son of Territorial Governor) home located on North 3rd Street.  Reid Street was named for him.

#80

Early City Hall of Palatka.

#81

City Hall Logo—1907.

#82

Bird's Eye View of Park and' City Hall same as picture #29.

#83

St. Johns Hotel & Robert Reid’s General Mercantile Store--1870s.

#84

Benjamin Putnam’s home—where Turner Surveying is today.

#85

View of Palatka from St. Mark's Episcopal Church looking south.

#86

Left--Arlington Hotel (now James Hotel).   Right--Building that is Western Auto today.

#87

Looking north from Presbyterian Church Warnake House—Putnam.

#88

Welles Hotel--February  1874.

#89

Looking west from Lemon Street--1870 or 80s.

#90

Tourists in Palatka.

#91

Bronson House--March 10 1881.

#92

County Cart on Lemon Street—1870.

#93

Lemon Street some time between 1878 and 1884

#94

Lemon Street pre-1884.   "We were not a little surprised to find Palatka a larger and more attractive than we had supposed. It has more the appearance of a New England village than any other southern town we have seen. The town occupies an elevated site and is quite well laid out and the streets and buildings quite trim and neat." --- D. Webster Dixon to the St Albans Messenger--March 1876.

#95

Sells Brothers Circus around 1895.

#96

Lemon Street before 1884.

#97

Eggleston's Taxidermy opposite Putnam House on 2nd and Lemon Street.

#98

View of 2nd Street from St. Mark's. Church looking south--1870s.

#99

1894.

#100

River Street.  Political rallies were held under large trees.

 

 

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