The Key West Post

Photo of the Day: Key West Rotary in 1920-Members of the Rotary Club at the ground-breaking ceremony for Bayview Park, early 1920s. In the photo, in order, are George A.T. Roberts, George V. Perpall, Clifford Hicks, George Knowles, Sebastian Cabrera Jr., Dr. J.M. Renedo, Dr. William R. Warren, Dr. J.Y. Porter Jr., Charles Ketchum, J. Frank Johnson, Henry Thompson, Warren Watrous, B.C. Moreno, George Waite, L. Russell Warner, W.L. Bates, William H. Maloney, Dr. Cornelius Kemp

Photo of the Day: Joseph Bum Farto; In 1975, federal authorities launched Operation Conch, a covert investigation targeting corruption within Key West’s municipal government.

Photo of the Day: Key West Fire Department (1900)

The Big Shark Catch in 1956 in Key West

Juana Borrero Pierra was a Key West poet and painter whose life, though brief, left a lasting mark. She died in Key West in 1896. Born in Havana in 1877 to a family of writers and patriots, she was a true prodigy—publishing poems by age 10 and studying fine arts before most kids learned long division.

Key West Fire Department picture in 1900 in front of Fire Station #1 located under the old City Hall building on 510 Greene Street. (State Archives of Florida/Public Domain)