Posts in category History

The old Custom House that was replaced in 1888. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 14, 1888 1888 The contract for the Custom House …

Fisherman’s Cafe on Caroline Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 13, 1981 1981 The Fisherman’s Cafe on Caroline Street, long a favorite subject …

Flooding at Front and Simonton Streets in the 1960’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 12, 1983 1983 Front and Simonton Streets intersection was …

The bell from the German ship Rhein. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 11, 1940 1940 Even though the United States would not enter …

Key West High School in the 1950’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 10, 1955 1955 The cornerstone laying for the new Key West …

A Submarine enters the Naval Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 9, 1954 1954 Twentieth Century-Fox was shooting a documentary color film about …

The Overseas Fruit Market at 934 Truman Avenue. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 8, 1983 1983 Preliminary plans for the development of the …

Thelma Strabel’s home on the left by the Southernmost Point. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 7, 1940 1940 Author Thelma Strabel moved into …

The Navy’s Blue Angels precision flying team. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 6, 1960 1960 The Navy announced that the Blue Angels, the …

Artist Henry Faulkner. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 5, 1981 1981 Artist Henry Faulkner, a long time winter resident of Key West, was …

Part of the Key West Sponge Fleet about 1900. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 4, 1900 1900 The sponge fleet has arrived and …

The Little White House. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 3, 1950 1950 At the Little White House, President Truman issued an executive order …

The gallows used to execute Fred Ewert. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 2, 1904 1904 Fred Ewert was hanged for the murder of …

Jennie Bethel DeBoer, left, at the Key West Lighthouse about 1910. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 1, 1969 1969 After 123 years of …

The Gallery Lounge. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 30, 1963 1963 The Gallery Lounge Tavern, Murrzay Singer owner, was located 224 Duval Street.

Casa Roma on South Roosevelt Boulevard at the end of Flagler Avenue. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 29, 1937 1937 The former United …

The eastern end of Key West and the Salt Ponds in the late 1940’s. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 28, 1987 1987 Jimmy …

Secretary of State Dulles, Richard Nixon and Adm.  TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 27, 1956 1956 Vice President Richard Nixon, who was vacationing …

President Kennedy on the Naval Station. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 26, 1962 1962 President John Kennedy, Florida Governor Ferris Bryant, the Joint …

The 1948 Fausto’s Store on Fleming Street. TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / November 25, 1948 1948 Fausto Castillo began construction of new Fausto’s Store …