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The Palmer family came to Florida from South Carolina, settling in Monticello, Jefferson County, in 1829. Martin Palmer brought his nine children, enslaved Black persons, and household goods, and became a labor farmer and the owner of a store and tavern.
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This collection contains loose and scrapbooked photographs of the Palmer family. Many of the loose images are of St. Augustine in 1910 and 1911 and include views of Castillo de San Marcos, known as Fort Marion at the time, the city wharf, yacht races, and the beach. Also included is a portrait of Henry Edwards Palmer (1866-1944) in his Florida Centennial costume in Tallahassee in 1924. There are also several photographs of Billie Sydnor, a Palmer relative and pilot from Virginia, and his family. A scrapbook of Billie Sydnor's pilot training in Lakeland and Arcadia, Florida, in 1921 includes images of Tampa and other Florida towns taken from his plane, Florida State University and various student outings, and of Punta Gorda and Langley Airfield.
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For more materials related to the Palmer Family, see Collection M82-50, Fort George Island Vicinity Photographs, 1910-1913 (.25 cubic foot) and Collection M90-7, Maude Meyers Palmer Photographic Collection, 1880-1924 (21 photographs). The Florida State University's Special Collections also houses related materials: Palmer Family Papers (MSS 1-18), and the Archer Family Papers (01-MSS 0-294).
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Florida Photographic Collection Numbers P1982-89.
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Palmer family. Palmer, Henry Edwards, 1866-1944
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.) Florida State University. Fort Marion (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Boats and boating Florida Fortification Florida Rivers Florida
Photographs. aat Postcards. aat Scrapbooks. aat
Arcadia (Fla.) Lakeland (Fla.) Punta Gorda (Fla.) Saint Augustine (Fla.)
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