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Ever heard of the Alachua County Library District's Heritage Collection? No?! The Heritage Collection consists of over 1,100 historical photographs from all aspects of daily life in the Alachua County area. Treat yourself to a journey of amazing historical detail and profound human interest through this annotated photographic exposé of the Alachua region spanning the 1870s through the 1970s. Experience and understand local history in a different way, through the faces and places of the past that still influence the present.
Summer is a great time to relax on the water as you boat, swim, fish, picnic, or camp. Before air-conditioning, the water was THE place to be. Whether it be a pool, lake, river, spring, pond, or the ocean, people flock to the water. In the Heritage Collection, we have many photographs and postcards depicting activities enjoyed by Alachua County residents on the water. Have you ever been to any of these locales? Do they still exist or look the same?
![people swimming in UF pool](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/uf%20pool.jpg?itok=-a9FuNgo)
![people swimming at Magnesia Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/magnesia%20springs.jpg?itok=0eruFokl)
![people at Glen Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/glen%20springs.jpg?itok=SS3qON1s)
![people swimming at Poe Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/poe%20springs.jpg?itok=OCZNZM0u)
![people at Suwannee Springs in 1927](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/suwanne%20springs%201927.jpg?itok=Ae9LY3N4)
![postcard of swimming and boating at Silver Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/silver%20springs%20swimming.jpg?itok=QXUbtzfF)
![teens about to dive into the lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/teens%20diving%20into%20lake.jpg?itok=Zoxd1Iuv)
![people on a dock at the Point at Newnan's Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/the%20point%20at%20newnans%20lake.jpg?itok=CF8nt4gF)
![First United Methodist Church children's swim party at the lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/umc%20swim%20party.jpg?itok=wRClQDhM)
![person mid-air diving from high platform into lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/high%20dive.jpg?itok=NZVXlbzX)
![people on bridge over Santa Fe River at O'Leno State Park](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/oleno%20bridge.jpg?itok=n5Gtm5jI)
![adults, children, and fish at camp on Santa Fe River](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/fishing%20and%20camping%20on%20santa%20fe%20river.jpg?itok=QcbzZKsO)
![camping by a lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/camping%20by%20lake.jpg?itok=lFrN8eF5)
![family picnicking by the lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/picnic%20by%20the%20lake.jpg?itok=0oOLd7ZB)
![people picnicking on south side of Round Pond in 1924](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/picnic%20at%20round%20pond%201924.jpg?itok=pO4onblE)
![lone man on rock at Prairie Sink](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/prairie%20sink.jpg?itok=PAVih_nd)
![people enjoying the sun on the shore of Lake Wauberg](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/lake%20wauberg.jpg?itok=b8f8vZ5a)
![four people in a canoe on a lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/4%20in%20a%20canoe%20on%20the%20lake.jpg?itok=KkLF5ePj)
![the Alert boat full of passengers on the Lake Santa Fe Canal](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/alert%20on%20santa%20fe.jpg?itok=0wlRS01W)
![man fishing on boat in the lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/fishing%20in%20boat%20on%20lake.jpg?itok=p4-A0KiI)
![two Bell children in a canoe next to an alligator on Newnan's Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/the%20bells%20on%20newnans%20with%20gator.jpg?itok=eL2KHmQJ)
![man boating away from Policeman's Dock on Santa Fe Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/policemans%20dock%20santa%20fe%20lake.jpg?itok=8MSRMY8F)
![postcard of glass bottom boat at Silver Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/silver%20springs%20boat.jpg?itok=4BWyOs0b)
![3 ladies on the beach in 1910](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/beach%20costume%201910.jpg?itok=dQy5-ZZF)
![line of cars on Jacksonville Beach in 1920](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_embedded/public/2024-05/jax%20beach%201920.jpg?itok=UxXijZq9)