Every day as we continue to process materials from the Vernon Peeples collection volunteers uncover fascinating pieces of Punta Gorda history and call out " hey, look at this." It occurred to us that our followers might be interested in some of the items we are accessioning so time to time I will be writing a post on what we are finding in collections as we process them. Today, for instance, we processed:
- the photo you see above of Trabue (before it was Punta Gorda) taken from the Hotel Punta Gorda (most likely in 1886). It appears to be where Hurricane Charley's and Gilchrist Park are today. In the background the recorder refers to a freight wharf on the horizon -- this was probably the Long Dock.
- an original court document from Kelly B. Harvey's lawsuit vs. Issac Trabue
- A document fining Issac Trabue for vagrancy because he continued to occupy land he had dedicated to the City of Punta Gorda which had become a public park
- An actual newspaper from 1912 - with the headline of the sinking of the Titantic
- A book that was essentially a register of the day to day activities of a Florida Plantation mostly accounting for slave activities. One noted the transfer of ownership of slaves with a marriage of an owners daughter.
- a map of the city streets of Punta Gorda from 1936
These are but a few of the fascinating things uncovered -- in one day!
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