October 19, 2022
C. Perry Snell: In the Pursuit of Beauty After years of publicity stunts and promotions, St. Petersburg’s entrance into the second decade of the twentieth century […]
August 31, 2022
F. A. Davis: Lighting The Way For St. Pete’s Growth Shortly after reading the 1885 study from the American Medical Association about the healing wonders of […]
August 31, 2022
Marketing on the “Sunshine City” theme as early as 1910, St. Pete’s Evening Independent newspaper gave away—free of charge—every copy that came off the presses any day the sun failed to appear.
July 29, 2022
Albert Whitted: More Than An Airport Born in 1893 on Valentine’s Day, James Albert Whitted would become one of St. Petersburg’s most famous pilots. Known as Albert […]
July 20, 2022
The Bounty: History Lost At Sea Built in 1960, the Bounty (popularly known as the HMS Bounty) was an enlarged reproduction of the original 1787 Royal […]
July 8, 2022
Shuffle on Down! The History of Shuffleboard and The St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club Popular in England as a tabletop game, shuffleboard has been around since the […]