The Lakeland Evening Telegram (Lakeland, Fla.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
3,066 issues from 1911 to 1922, published in Lakeland, Florida, digitised for Chronicling America.
Lakeland, Florida, was founded by Abraham Munn, a Kentucky native, who purchased 80 acres sight unseen in 1882. Located in Polk County, Lakeland acquired its name in 1883 and was incorporated two years later. In 1891, Lakeland Light & Power Company built a power plant, making Lakeland the third city in Florida with electricity. During this time, Lakeland’s railroad station had a monthly payroll of 2000 dollars and some 20 trains stopping daily.
Producing nearly 25% of the country’s citrus, Lakeland suffered immensely when the Great Freezes of 1894-95 nearly destroyed all groves statewide. Despite these losses, the town thrived during the Spanish-American War when the city served as an embarkation point for roughly six thousand troops. Lakeland further developed its military ties with the establishment in 1940 of the Lodwick School of Aeronautics, a training site for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The town introduced its first telephone exchange in 1902, fire department in 1908, and mail service in 1912. In 1922, Florida Southern College relocated to Lakeland after a devastating fire destroyed the original campus in Sutherland. Today, the college holds “the largest collection of buildings in one location” designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is one of several Lakeland treasures listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Lakeland’s economy continued to thrive. In 1930, the town became home to Publix Super Markets, Inc. headquarters, and in 1934 the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Lakeland, Florida, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress