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Tom Hasis Collection, 1925

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The Tom Hasis Collection contains photographs of the waterways between Lighthouse Point and Hillsboro Beach in 1925. The photographs include images of the AIA Bridge, Captain Knight's store on Wahoo Bay, and Cap's Place Island Restaurant.Thomas Hasis donated the photographs to the Broward Historical Commision on April 10, 1990.

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Warsaw Ghetto photographs, 1940-1943

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This box contains 35 photographs from the Warsaw Ghetto. Most depict street scenes and people with personal possessions. Others display workers with machinery, and one surveys a wood-making class for students. Several offer insights into construction of the ghetto wall.

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Wally Elfers Collection, 1955

Sarah Henderson Wilder Collection, 1928, undated

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The collection contains photograph, commencement program and class ring of Sarah Henderson Wilder.

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Potter Collection, Circa 1880

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The Potter Collection contains photographs of landmarks of South East Florida. The collection documents Lake Worth and Hillsboro.

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Zada Hunter Collection, Circa 1926

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The Zada Hunter Collection contains 1 airplane ride voucher, 3 photographs of 1926 hurricane damage, and 9 photographs of the entrance of Croissant Park.

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William Snyder Collection, Circa 1926-1954

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The William Snyder Collection contains contains the poem "Lauderdale" by William Snyder and 7 newspaper clippings dating from 1918 to 1954. The collection also contains 12 photographs of Fort Lauderdale from the 1920s that include images of buildings, the New River waterfront withi logging boats, damage from the 1926 hurricane, the beach, and the Snyder family.

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William T. Piper Collection, Circa 1930-1940

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The William T. Piper Collection contains photographs documenting Piper's family and personal life in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The collection includes photograph of Katherine Rawls, pilot, Olympic swimmer and diver.

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Wilder Collection, Circa 1984

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The Wilder Collection contains photographs of the Fort Lauderdale Port Everglades during World War II. The event taking place is a dedication of a US Navy Section Base.

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Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, 1911-1912

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Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, 1911-1912 features rural landscapes, and people engaging in agricultural acitivties in and around Orlando in the early 20th century. Farms, parks, and sites photographed include Drenner Farm, McDaniel Garden, Brewer Place, The Wekiwa river, Mill's Lake, Lake Fairview, Lake Monroe, Rock Spring. This collection is useful to research on the natural environment and farming activities in Orlando, Florida in the early 20th century. The photographs in this album were taken by T.P. (Thomas Pickett) Robinson from 1911 to 1912. Robinson was a prolific photographer in central Florida in the early 1900s. Robinson was born in 1870 in Mississippi and moved with his family to Florida in 1875. In the early 1900s he opened a photography studio in downtown Orlando. Robinson was the official photographer for Rollins College from 1928 to 1944.

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