Whether you loved it or hated it, school was an important part of growing up. The history of public schools in our country goes back hundreds of years, and the education system continues to evolve. These photos of schools and students from a century ago show just how much Florida schools have changed:
Children out in front of a public school
State Library & Archives of Florida Saint Augustine, 1902.
Fulford School portrait
State Library & Archives of Florida Miami, 1909 or 1910.
Osceola high school
State Library & Archives of Florida Kissimmee, sometime in the 1910s.
Children pose with horse-drawn school bus
State Library & Archives of Florida West Palm Beach, 1911.
Miami Beach Public School
State Library & Archives of Florida Miami Beach, 1920.
Aucilla school with principal Mr. Johnson, and teachers Bertha Heath and Sue May
State Library & Archives of Florida Aucilla, 1904 or 1905.
Group portrait of students outside School #3 in east Jacksonville
State Library & Archives of Florida Taken sometime in the 1910s.
School class portrait
State Library & Archives of Florida Lake Alfred, 1911.
School - Immokalee, Florida
State Library & Archives of Florida Taken sometime in the 1910s.
High school building
State Library & Archives of Florida Estimated to be from sometime in the 1910s.
School building
State Library & Archives of Florida Lamont, Florida, sometime in the 1920s.
One room school
State Library & Archives of Florida Greensboro, 1907
School teachers
State Library & Archives of Florida Socrum, Polk County, 1909.
Sarasota High School
State Library & Archives of Florida Sarasota, sometime in the 1910s.
High school- Dania, Florida
State Library & Archives of Florida Taken in 1913.
Unidentified school
State Library & Archives of Florida High Springs, 1900 to 1903.
Students posing outside the one-room school
State Library & Archives of Florida Eastpoint, sometime in the 1910s.
School children beside their automobile bus
State Library & Archives of Florida Piedmont, 1913.
Chapman high school
State Library & Archives of Florida Apalachicola, sometime in the 1910s.
Glen School
State Library & Archives of Florida Glen Saint Mary, 1908.
Punta Rassa school students and teacher
State Library & Archives of Florida Punta Rassa, 1910.
Lakeland High School building
State Library & Archives of Florida Lakeland, sometime in the 1910s.
Students posed in front of the third public school
State Library & Archives of Florida DeLand, sometime in the 1910s.
New High School
State Library & Archives of Florida St. Petersburg, 1913.
School dance group holding tambourines
State Library & Archives of Florida Orlando, sometime in the 1910s.
Class portrait before school building
State Library & Archives of Florida Crawfordville, 1907 or 1908.
School class portrait
State Library & Archives of Florida Quincy, 1914.
Front view of a new school building
State Library & Archives of Florida West Palm Beach, 1909.
Newberry Junior High School students
State Library & Archives of Florida Newberry, 1906.
Jackson Bluff School students
State Library & Archives of Florida Leon County, 1907.
What did you think about these photos? Were you surprised by how much things have changed?
State Library & Archives of Florida
Saint Augustine, 1902.
Miami, 1909 or 1910.
Kissimmee, sometime in the 1910s.
West Palm Beach, 1911.
Miami Beach, 1920.
Aucilla, 1904 or 1905.
Taken sometime in the 1910s.
Lake Alfred, 1911.
Estimated to be from sometime in the 1910s.
Lamont, Florida, sometime in the 1920s.
Greensboro, 1907
Socrum, Polk County, 1909.
Sarasota, sometime in the 1910s.
Taken in 1913.
High Springs, 1900 to 1903.
Eastpoint, sometime in the 1910s.
Piedmont, 1913.
Apalachicola, sometime in the 1910s.
Glen Saint Mary, 1908.
Punta Rassa, 1910.
Lakeland, sometime in the 1910s.
DeLand, sometime in the 1910s.
St. Petersburg, 1913.
Orlando, sometime in the 1910s.
Crawfordville, 1907 or 1908.
Quincy, 1914.
West Palm Beach, 1909.
Newberry, 1906.
Leon County, 1907.
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