The Years Before Surf
Anastasia Island Beach.
A family poses for a picture in the surf.
Photo of a group of people talking and standing in the surf.
A woman standing on the beach in an overcoat.
Two women laying in the surf pose for a picture.
Men gathered around a fire for an oyster roast on Anastasia Island.
The women posing for a photo on a rickety dock.
A group of friends poses for a group photo on the beach.
A woman stands on the beach, looking off in the distance.
Two men strike up poses with a Spanish Bayonet plant.
A tall gentleman rests his arm on a young woman's head.
Playing ukuleles on the beach.
A woman poses for a photo by a palm tree.
Group of women posing on the beach for a photo.
Husband and wife pose for a photo at the water's edge.
A family poses for a photo in the sand dunes.
Landing on the beach in a small boat, three men step out onto Anastasia Island.
Two men in bathing suits posing for a picture by the sea.
Bicyclists take a break and admire the scenery of the sand dunes.
Two couples walking down the beach.
The horse-drawn trolley on Anastasia Island, used to ferry beachgoers back and forth.
A honeymoon photo in the surf.
Two women playing and splashing in the surf.
A family oyster roast on Anastasia Island.
Ruins of the old lighthouse once on Anastasia Island.
The horse-drawn tram on Anastasia Island ferrying visitors from the landing to the lighthouse.
Women and bicyclists enjoying the beach.
Woman posing for a photo in the sand dunes.
Horses racing on the beach.
A dapper gentleman walking on the beach.
Horses pulling scrapers to level the dunes at St. Augustine Beach.
Two women standing near a beach cottage in Summer Haven.
Children posing for a picture by the water.
A sow and her piglets in the dunes.
Beachgoers pose atop a dead beached whale.
Charlie LaPradd and friends on the pier.
Cars lining the St. Augustine Beach.
Bebe Grace, Susanna Dumas, and Marilyn Grace on Vilano Beach with an early surfboard.
Group of youth on the St. Augustine Beach Pier.
People relaxing at Lighthouse Beach.
A photograph of a woman sitting on the beach.
Family at the beach posing for a picture.
Looking to the St. Augustine Inlet from the dunes at Porpoise Point.
Old Chevy on the beach.
Looking to the ocean from the beach.
Wome watching the waves break on the beach.
Three girls posing together for a photo on the beach.
Crashed ornithopter on the beach.
Ornithopter on the beach preparing for takeoff.
Stunts on the beach during a Mabel Cody's Flying Circus show.
Mabel Cody's Flying Circus- A stunt-man attempting to board a flying plane.
Mabel Cody shaking hands with her pilot.
Mabel Cody posing for a picture with her stunt drivers.
Pilot Jimmy Ward taking off from the beach in his plane.
Pilot Jimmy Ward inspecting his plane.
Waterskiing behind a car at St. Augustine Beach.
Letting go of the tow rope, a water skiier becomes a surfer.
Water skiing behind a car at the beach.
A young woman prepares to waterski behind a car on the beach.
Beachgoers rinsing off at a shower station at Capo's North Beach.
Photos of Wilson's Cottages at A1A and 9th Street.
Photo of Rees' Seashore Cottages at Vilano Beach.
A family on the beach.
A family gathered for a picture on the steps of their beach cabin.
A group photo taken in the sand dunes.
Enjoying a book by the sea on the porch.
Sleepy Wehking in Front of Sleepy's Snack Shack at the pier.
Group of teens posing on the St. Augustine Beach Skeeter.
Advertisement for beach skeeter races at St. AUgustine Beach.
Shelly Parker showing off a freshly caught drum.
Virginia Spicer skiing on snow at the St. Augustine Beach Pier.
Skeeters driving on the beach in 1947.
Three men pull a shark from the water after catching it.
Promotional photo for Coquina Beach.
Ramelle Petroglou posing on the beach with her car.
St. Augustine Beach Pier in 1947.
The St. Augustine Beach Pier, 1943.
Patsie Sherman fishing from the pier.
Race cars gearing up to race on the beach.
Nancy Powers sitting in the pier restaurant.
Nancy Calhoun posing for a picture on the beach.
The Pier Monster hunting for its next victim.
Mary Ann Kernan poses for a picture on the St. Augustine Beach Pier.
Judy Taylor posing for a picture on the beach.
Promotional Image for Coquina Beach.
Charlie "Hilly" Lapradd and Pat Dale on the pier.
Beach-goers posing for a picture on the pier.
Group of friends posing for a picture on the St. Augustine Beach Pier.
Distant Drums promotional image.
Two women fishing from the pier.
Group of friends on the pier in 1949.
Photo of friends on the St. Augustine Pier.
Capo's North Beach Rapid Transit between Pavilion and Ocean Beach.
Weiner roast on St. Augustine Beach.
Fishing by the pier at St. Augustine Beach.
Peggy McCormick and Dan Dalton dancing on the St. Augustine Beach Pier.
Women posing for a picture on a bus to promote visiting Yankee Beach.
Looking Down the St. Augustine Beach Pier.