Historic Photo Restaged on Captiva
By Kathy Kurtz Ferrari for the Island Sun
About 40 people from the Captiva community took part in the restaging of a history photo in front of Captiva Chapel by the Sea November 22, as the Captiva Island Historical Society hosted “History Repeats Itself.”
This original photo was taken on Captiva in 1918, during the Spanish Flu pandemic.
A “then and now” photo was taken in the same location as a photo taken during a community gathering in front of the chapel in 1918, the year of the Spanish Flu pandemic.
Members of the Captiva community gather November 22 to restage a photo taken in the same location in 1918 as part of Captiva Island Historical Society’s “History Repeats Itself” event. (Photo by Kathy Kurtz Ferrari)
The modern photo shows people wearing masks and socially distanced, as evidence of the environment in 2020 on the island.
The photo will be added to the historical society’s collection along with the original photo, which is displayed in a frame inside the chapel.
Islanders gather on the chapel grounds for the photo
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