100 Years at the 100: A Century of Learning in Lake Placid, FL

A delighted audience watched the premier of 100 Years at the 100 on Saturday, October 18, 1925. The documentary film was produced for the Centennial Anniversary of the South Florida State College – Lake Placid Center in Lake Placid, Florida and was shown on-campus in the auditorium.

Community leaders, faculty, students, and many alumni of the Lake Placid School attended.

The school was founded in 1925 and taught grades 1 through 12. As the town grew they added on to the school but eventually outgrew it. New elementary, middle, and high schools were built on the west side of town and the original building became a college. The film was written, produced, and edited by R. Michael Brown of Brown Media Lab, the multimedia division of RMichaelBrown.com.

As with many of his multimedia projects, R. Michael Brown also wrote a feature story about the centennial that appeared in:

Heartland Living Magazine

PRESS

SPECIAL THANK YOU

• South Florida State College (SFSC)
• Lake Placid Historical Society & Staff
• SFSC Lake Placid Center Staff
• Heartland Living Magazine

CREDITS

• Executive Producer: Dina Capuano, South Florida State College
• Writer | Producer | Editor: R. Michael Brown, RMichaelBrown.com
• Host, Voice Over: Randy Paeplow
• Drone Operator: Morris News Network
• Interviews [Alphabetic Order]
  • Dina Capuano, Coordinator, South Florida State College
  • Betty Dunty Coiner (Aunt Betty)
  • Nancy Oxer Davis, Lake Placid Western Wear
  • Frank Hartzell, Hartzell’s Meat Market
  • Sylvia Bowers Marine, Lake Placid Historical Society
  • Tony Morris, Tony’s Barber Shop
  • Randy Paeplow
  • Dee Dee Crews Stidham
• Lake Placid Historical Society & Staff
• Music Suno AI Production: R. Michael Brown
• SFSC Director, Institutional Communications: Melissa Kuehnle
• SFSC Student Extras
• Line Producer: Leonor Martinez, Leo Art Creations

Sources / Photo Acknowledgements

• Lake Placid Historical Society
• SFSC Lake Placid Center
• Heartland Living Magazine
• “Lake Placid Murals” book, Lake Placid Mural Society
• “DeVane’s Early Florida History”
• Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce
• State Library and Archives of Florida Florida Memory
• State of Florida – Florida History, Florida Department of State
• University of Florida Archives Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History, Florida Southern College
• Florida Historical Society
• Highlands News-Sun
• School Board of Highlands County
• Legacy.com
• FloridaHistory.org
• The Arcadian Newspaper, 1927
• Polk County Record Newspaper, 1929
• Highlands County Newspaper, 1929
• Rand McNalley Atlas, 1924