The images from the Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection portray Manatee’s people, activities, and buildings from the late nineteenth century to the early 1980’s. In addition to depicting schools, churches, hospitals, and means of transportation, the photographs feature the Currys, a family who played a long and important role in building (and documenting) Manatee County. By taking photographs, the Currys recorded both their own history and the county’s.
