The Greatest Photos - 1870 - 1884

Old Brooksville

Sep 20

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This issue of The Greatest Photos - Year by Year, covers the years 1870 - 1884. Photos from this area for those years were extremely rare. Most folks couldn't afford the cumbersome equipment or learn the art of photography. Only state and local governments or those who could afford the luxury of professional photographers had access. It wasn't until 1888 when Kodak introduced the box camera that the average person could now take photos.

Thank you to the following for their contributions

John White

George Allen Jr.

Lou Charity

1870

Photographers on the Withlacoochee River (1870) east of Brooksville

1871

Downtown Boarding House (1871)

1872

One of the oldest photos from the Brooksville area shows a barn dance on July 4th, 1872. Entertainment was usually provided with a fiddle.

1873

The first rock tour? The J.P. Miller Band in 1873 was a travelling band that came to all towns in this area. They would charge admission and stay at a local hotel or boarding house. Their music usually consisted of popular songs of the day, patriotic songs, quadrilles, waltzes, gavottes and light classics. A splendid time was guaranteed for all.

1874

Cilla with younger brother (1874)

1875

1875 Outing

Earliest known photo of a downtown Brooksville drug store (1875).

Small riverboat on the Withlacoochee (1875) east of Brooksville

Annie Mayo waits in a carriage (1875) in the Lake Lindsey area. She and her husband, Anderson Mayo, first came to this area in 1851.

Ben Saxon (1875) was a Hernando County Sheriff from 1872 to 1877

1876

1876 Brooksville Family

1877

Tululu and James Rhodes Saxon (1877).

1878

1878 photo of Pemberton's Ferry crossing the Withlacoochee River, east of Brooksville. The village was known as Pemberton's Ferry in 1878 - 1881 because of Mr. Pemberton's Ferry rides, then changed to Magnolia (1881), then back to Istachatta, its original name from 1842.

1879