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Ponce de Leon Hotel - 1905

PalmatierMeg

By PalmatierMeg
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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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This photo is of clientele relaxing in the courtyard of said hotel in St. Augustine, FL. What kills me about old photos of Florida life is how those people survived our climate in long sleeves, coats/ties, floor length skirts, hats year round. Does that sound relaxing to you? Also note the neat fountain and agaves.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9586?size=_original

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

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Hmm.

I see washy, sabal, Phoenix and Butea.

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Chinese fan, I think.

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Ken Johnson Grand Master

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Anybody see what looks like a Copernicia macroglosa? I am guessing it is not but sure looks like one.

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Isn't that Flagler College now?

So many species,

so little time.

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Anybody see what looks like a Copernicia macroglosa? I am guessing it is not but sure looks like one.

Directly in-line with the fountain in the shrubbery? I can definitely see the C. macrog resemblance.

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Isn't that Flagler College now?

Indeed it is Jerry. I went there for spring break '93 with a friend that had attended there his frosh year and transferred back up north thereafter. Quite a quaint campus and from what I can remember :blink: - quite a nice area. Not your prototypical spring break party locale - but good times none the less.

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Great old photo. I am an alum of Flagler College from back in the 1970s. It is a beautiful campus the courtyard is still nice but not as full of plants.

Lou St. Aug, FL

_Keith Grand Master

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This photo is of clientele relaxing in the courtyard of said hotel in St. Augustine, FL. What kills me about old photos of Florida life is how those people survived our climate in long sleeves, coats/ties, floor length skirts, hats year round. Does that sound relaxing to you? Also note the neat fountain and agaves.

http://www.shorpy.co...?size=_original

Remember, they mostly came down in the winter time. The summer climate in FL was considered intolerable. Aand the climate in those days was a bit cooler, along with no heat island effects as well.

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There is a Rhapidophyllum hystrix in a pot in the very front and there is another one far on the left.

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I went to school there in the late 70's, definitely not your normal college. Good school,and the dorm rooms were old hotel rooms with really high ceilings etc. There was a male wing and a female wing and no visitation between the sexes in the rooms. I remember some cold winters-once it snowed in Miami it was so cold. There were only 3 bars in St. Aug and we knew them well...

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I believe the Ponce de Leon Hotel was only open from November to Easter each season.

Lou St. Aug, FL

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Here is a post card from 1905...the hotel was the first commercial structure to be hard wired for electricity in Florida.

350px-PostcardStAugustineFLHotelPoncedeLeonCirca1909.jpg

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This photo is of clientele relaxing in the courtyard of said hotel in St. Augustine, FL. What kills me about old photos of Florida life is how those people survived our climate in long sleeves, coats/ties, floor length skirts, hats year round. Does that sound relaxing to you? Also note the neat fountain and agaves.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9586?size=_original

I've often wondered the same, Meg. Why would anyone want to wear such heavy, thick clothing on such a hot day? Seemed to be a sign of the times. There are old summer photos of my area and the clothes are the same. Thank goodness times have changed!

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Here is a post card from 1905...the hotel was the first commercial structure to be hard wired for electricity in Florida.

350px-PostcardStAugustineFLHotelPoncedeLeonCirca1909.jpg

I love that postcard.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Rusty on Pine Is. Mentor

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Very cool pic Meg, thanks for posting...

...have to laugh whenever i see pics of that era, because no matter what season it shows, those folks look soooo uncomfortable! :lol:

Rusty

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Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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Very cool pic Meg, thanks for posting...

...have to laugh whenever i see pics of that era, because no matter what season it shows, those folks look soooo uncomfortable! :lol:

Rusty

Actually, the men look fairly comfortable. The women, on the other hand, not so much.

And also, as I said earlier, the climate then was not like the climate now.

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PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Florida is still Florida. Women dressed like that never look comfortable. And their skirts drag the ground in those old photos - even on unpaved streets. Ick, ick, ick.

I researched those "alligator border" postcards. Some of them were most politically incorrect but all of them incredibly expensive - try $100, $150 and up. I guess my taste surpasses my budget.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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