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Old Florida

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I was going through some photographs I took of the first house I lived in while going to college in 1973. Sandy’s was a converted roadside fruit stand, mostly oranges, and when I lived in it, it still looked like a fruit stand inside. Shot with my Yashica TL Electro-X on Kodak Ektachrome.

Sandy’s right on US1 just north of Stuart, Florida. Just to the right of the drainage ditch is the edge of US1. Cars and trucks were likely doing 60 mph or more by the time they passed my bedroom window (pictured, center).
My fruit stand house. January 1973. Palmetto bugs, wolf spiders, snakes, and an occasional raccoon. No AC, typical Florida living.

It appears that Sandy’s is no longer there. Replaced by endless strip malls.

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