Navigation Colorful history of the Florida Supreme Court restoration effort underway
The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society is restoring the color en banc photos of the justices displayed in the official portrait gallery along the courtroom’s inner and outer walls. The first 10 to be restored, taken from 1974-1984, were printed with a then-new Kodak dye formula and exposed to years of sunlight and ultraviolet light. The photos were removed from the frames, digitally scanned, and saved in their actual size without any color modifications. The digitized images were then corrected by a restoration expert, inkjet printed with UV-protected ink on 16×20 archival gloss paper, mounted back into the original frame, and sealed with an acid-free dust cover. The projected life of these images is 150 years while in the framed glass. Pictured above is the 1976 court. Check out this short video about the project and FlCourtHistory.org for more information.
An essential part of the colorful history of Florida’s highest court is being restored thanks to advances in digitizing and correcting color photos and efforts by the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society.
In keeping with the Historical Society’s mission to celebrate, honor, and preserve the history of the Supreme Court, the project to begin restoring color en banc photos of the justices started in early 2022. The first 10 to be restored, picturing the court’s members from 1974-1984, are now completed and returned to the official portrait gallery along the courtroom’s inner and outer walls.
