Historic Hurricane Photos

Florida Archives On Line Exhibit Shows Images of Hurricanes Past

Photos of past hurricanes from a group of people gathered around a wrecked building in 1896 to a home damaged by Hurricane Dennis in 2005, are part of this on line photo gallery. Of special interest, photo from the 1928 Hurricane that devastated Belle Glade, FL in 1928.

View the photos at floridamemory.com

To find more hurricane photographs, search on hurricane at the Florida Memory Collection

Old Photos - History in the making.

Florida Memory Project: They see your photos as history in the making.

History didn't end yesterday. So keep the Florida Memory Project in mind when you sift through Grandma's old photos - and when you're clicking off shots on your digital camera.

"Today's photo is tomorrow's history," said Rivers Buford III, legislative-affairs director for the Florida Department of State. "If we don't start (saving) modern pictures, there's going to be a gap in the archives."

The Florida Memory Project is the Department of State's four-pronged collection of state history: video, audio, online classroom and still photos. All four components are available online, though the Florida Photographic Collection is the star: Its site draws an incredible 200,000 visitors a month.

Read full article from the Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL, May 30, 2006