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1920WRCAM54681Hastings Fl 1920. Two volumes. Eighteen sepia-toned photographs each approximately 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black leatherette all photographs linen-backed and bound in on stubs. Mild shelf wear. Photographs in excellent condition. A very interesting pair of photo albums with large-format images featuring African- American field workers and other manual laborers working for Superior Brand New Potatoes in Florida in the early 20th century. The photographs were professionally produced by the Higginbotham Photo Company of Dallas Texas with their paper label affixed to the inside front cover of each album. Ten of the eighteen photographs feature African- American laborers in the fields on tractors posed outside the processing area or on trucks loading freight trains. Of the ten photographs four are unique examples and three are present in duplicate. In addition to the African-American workers several shots feature poor white laborers processing potatoes including one shot of workers using a Boggs Potato Grader. <br> <br> Hastings became the "Potato capital of Florida" in the early 1900s after Thomas Horace Hastings established a 1569-acre plantation to grow winter vegetables. Soon he switched to potatoes and by 1917 he enjoyed great success. Hastings remains an important agricultural center today serving as the packing and shipping center for a tri- county consortium of potato farmers with farms that also produce cabbage onions eggplant and other vegetables. hardcover books
1911WRCAM55624Jacksonville Fl.: Sutherland McConnel & Co. 1911. Broadside 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches. Faint tideline along right edge and bottom edge. Very good. A dazzling large-format promotional real estate poster touting the wonders of the Sunshine State in the early 20th century. Issued a decade before the Florida land boom really caught fire this broadside is emblematic of the promotions that led thousands to invest in their savings for the dream of a quick profit or a comfortable retirement. Advertising language is incorporated into and ranged around & inside a large arch with a citrus and floral background and two large pillars. The poster was commissioned by the Colonization Department of Sutherland McConnel & Company a Jacksonville real estate development company and was designed for use by Auck Brothers agents for Sutherland McConnel in Bucyrus Ohio. <br> <br> Among the "1000000 acres to choose from" speculators and farmers are called to the "First Grand Opening" of land in Duval County "generally considered to be the best tract for general farming purposes in the State of Florida.some 27000 acres in extent virtually in a solid body commencing within ten miles of the heart of the city of Jacksonville a most patronized South- Atlantic seaport." The poster touts Florida for its virgin soil pure water good schools fine churches a healthful climate big crops altitude and drainage and more. <br> <br> Two small "coupons" are incorporated at the bottom of the poster encouraging the interested real estate buyer to "Tear this off and mail today without fail!!" One is an order form for a promotional catalog entitled "Will Florida Land Earn Money." The other coupon reserves "a berth for me in your Special Sleeping Cars for the LandSeeker's Excursion on the First or Third Tuesday in February March or April 1911." <br> <br> Rare with only one copy listed in OCLC at the University of Florida. OCLC 22288349. Sutherland, McConnel & Co. unknown books
1949313357Gainesville Fla 1949. Aprox 77 pen and ink drawings with the newspaper cliping done generally for Wednesdays and Sundays. 8vo & 4to. In spiral rink notebook. Aprox 77 pen and ink drawings with the newspaper cliping done generally for Wednesdays and Sundays. 8vo & 4to. unknown books
190646061Estero FL: Guiding Star Publishing House 1906. First Edition. 22 quarto issues 31cm; original illustrated wrappers disbound; 16pp per issue. Holes with corresponding oxidation from saddle staples some offsetting to spine-folds from fabric tape binding with some light wear and dust-soil to wrappers; No.52 with several tears and toning to rear wrapper; a handful of issues with some light scattered underlining else quite clean; Very Good or better. Early run of this periodical edited and written by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed a Utica NY native and founder of the Koreshan Unity. "Koreshanity" as it was also known was born in the wake of two related movements: the millenial fervor that swept early-to-mid-19th century central and western New York State and the utopian communalism that began attracting increasing numbers of adherents during the same period and into the later 19th century." A graduate of Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York Teed's interests went beyond medicine to encompass alchemy botany physics and metaphysics and he would regularly conduct experiments in these areas inside his medical laboratory. It was in this laboratory in 1869 that "Teed conceived what would become known as Koreshanity after experiencing a late-night religious vision. During what he called his "illumination" he saw a beautiful woman who revealed to him a series of universal truths which formed the fundamental principles of Koreshan belief." Among Teed's most interesting beliefs was cellular cosmogony or the hollow earth - the notion that the earth was not a convex sphere but instead a hollow concave cell containing the entire universe with the sun at its center. <br/><br/>After failed attempts at founding communal settlements in Moravia Syracuse and New York City Teed moved to Chicago IL where his persuasive oratory enabled him to assemble a firm core of followers in the late 1880's and form the commune called Beth-Ophra. Teed incorporated his organization there as the College of Life in 1886 and established a printing house that began producing three major publications: The Guiding Star The Flaming Sword and The Plowshare and Pruning Hook. "These publciations began a long legacy of Koreshan publishing aimed at the public as well as their own members intended to explain and promote their beliefs relate and preserve their story and discuss political social scientific and religious ideas and issues." <br/><br/>Believing himself to be a messiah who would lead his people in establishing a New Jerusalem Teed assumed the name Koresh in 1891 after Cyrus the Great King of Persia. As with his previous locations Teed's beliefs did not endear him or his followers to the general public forcing him to relocate from Chicago to the quiet beach town of Estero FL in 1894 the final home of the Koreshan Unity where Teed would establish his New Jerusalem. It was here that the Koreshan Unity established a growing self-sustaining community though at the height of the movement their membership numbered no more than 250. Though Teed died in December 1908 The Flaming Sword continued to be published from Estero through the 1960's with the Koreshan publishing tradition continuing well into the 1980's. Guiding Star Publishing House unknown books
196215390Windermere FL 1962-1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Screw-bound commercial album. Gilt decorated vinyl covered boards. Rubbing edgewear. Front board beginning to split from binding mild discolor handling wear to exterior. Good. Containing 220 black and white photographs with various scrap elements recto and verso mounted to 29 brown paper leaves. Most photos square snapshot with a few larger format. Contents well preserved clean. Very good overall. <br/><br/>Rich visual record documenting the Windemere Squares Dancing Club of Windemere Florida. Carefully assembled the album contains hundreds of B&W images of club social events dancing costume and yes square dancing. Shots are clear and well-composed arranged largely chronologically and further adorned with related scrap newspaper clippings about club correspondence and like. Generally dated and well-annotated an engaging primary document of Southern society and culture. hardcover books
192846058Estero FL: Guiding Star Publishing House 1928. First Edition. Twelve quarto issues 31.5cm; illustrated wrappers stapled; 16pp per issue. Seven of the twelve issues with brass eyelets along left edge one with eyelets removed; all issues show modest wear oxidation to staples some scattered soil light biopredation and occasional staining to wrappers; several with vertical folds smoothed-out; small loss to lower corner of Dec.1928 issue; contents fairly clean and complete with some occasional notes in the margins; Good to Very Good. Complete year of this periodical formerly edited and written by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed a Utica NY native and founder of the Koreshan Unity. "Koreshanity" as it was also known was born in the wake of two related movements: the millenial fervor that swept early-to-mid-19th century central and western New York State and the utopian communalism that began attracting increasing numbers of adherents during the same period and into the later 19th century." A graduate of Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York Teed's interests went beyond medicine to encompass alchemy botany physics and metaphysics and he would regularly conduct experiments in these areas inside his medical laboratory. It was in this laboratory in 1869 that "Teed conceived what would become known as Koreshanity after experiencing a late-night religious vision. During what he called his "illumination" he saw a beautiful woman who revealed to him a series of universal truths which formed the fundamental principles of Koreshan belief." Among Teed's most interesting beliefs was cellular cosmogony or the hollow earth - the notion that the earth was not a convex sphere but instead a hollow concave cell containing the entire universe with the sun at its center. <br/><br/>After failed attempts at founding communal settlements in Moravia Syracuse and New York City Teed moved to Chicago IL where his persuasive oratory enabled him to assemble a firm core of followers in the late 1880's and form the commune called Beth-Ophra. Teed incorporated his organization there as the College of Life in 1886 and established a printing house that began producing three major publications: The Guiding Star The Flaming Sword and The Plowshare and Pruning Hook. "These publciations began a long legacy of Koreshan publishing aimed at the public as well as their own members intended to explain and promote their beliefs relate and preserve their story and discuss political social scientific and religious ideas and issues." <br/><br/>Believing himself to be a messiah who would lead his people in establishing a New Jerusalem Teed assumed the name Koresh in 1891 after Cyrus the Great King of Persia. As with his previous locations Teed's beliefs did not endear him or his followers to the general public forcing him to relocate from Chicago to the quiet beach town of Estero FL in 1894 the final home of the Koreshan Unity where Teed would establish his New Jerusalem. It was here that the Koreshan Unity established a growing self-sustaining community though at the height of the movement their membership numbered no more than 250. Though Teed died in December 1908 The Flaming Sword continued to be published from Estero through the 1960's with the Koreshan publishing tradition continuing well into the 1980's. Guiding Star Publishing House unknown books
1937140938458Havana: United Press 1937. Softcover. Very Good. 72 pp. Cocktail recipes printed in Spanish and English. Very Good. Light stain to front cover general wear and some creasing throughout and short tear at base of spine. A promotional cocktail recipe guide from La Florida in Havana Cuba. Beginning in 1934 La Florida began issuing a yearly promotional cocktail guide to lure in visitors from around the globe. The renowned cafe and bar was a favorite haunt of Ernest Hemingway and is also recognized as the birthplace of the frozen daiquiri. United Press unknown books
19355862Ybor City Tampa Florida: the restaurant 1935. Small stapled booklet 10 x 6 cm. 30 2 pages. Advertisements. Index. Illustrated. Evident FIRST & ONLY EDITION. A promotional cocktail book with recipes as well from the oldest restaurant in Florida and one of the oldest and largest Spanish/Cuban restaurants in America. A tip of the hat is given to the bartender "Genial" Tony who is indicated as the compiler. A single illustration of a woman raising a glass is signed by the illustrator in the print "Com Cut". The cocktail recipes include a Napoleon "Columbia" Jack Rose Caribe Orange Blossom Conchita "Columbia" Abbey Cocktail Gin Ricky Absinthe Frappe Bull-Dog Daiquiri Cocktail Real Presidente Cocktail Dry Martine Cocktail Oriente Seventh Heaven and others. Culinary recipes include Black Beans Yellow Rice and Chicken and Spanish Bean Soup. Opened in 1903 and owned by the same family since 1905 the Columbia Restaurant is the oldest restaurant in Florida. The original name "Columbia Saloon" was dropped with the onset of Prohibition in favor of the more neutral Columbia Restaurant. After Repeal the Columbia reinvigorated its bar business and added entertainment becoming a regular stop for Latin American entertainers and touring musicians. The archives of the restaurant and of its owners the Gonzmart family are held at Florida State University. The interior and back panels of the wrappers include advertisements for Mr. Old Boston Fine Liquors Tropical Ice Cream and Sherbert Company of Tampa and wines from Spain's Castel del Remey. The front wrapper panel printed in black and blue features a Spanish galleon. Stapled in wrappers with a small smudge to rear panel otherwise near fine. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Noling Beverage Literature; not referenced in any way online. [the restaurant] unknown books
1935Embry 179568The Grabhorn Press 1935. Number 48 of the author's edition. Some offsetting to front endpapers from previously laid in article slight bowing to front board else fine in very good publisher's plain brown dust jacket with a small chip to head of spine and 3/4 inch chip to front panel in mylar cover. Olive cloth backed orange boards. Inscribed by the author to legendary bookseller John Howell. Includes perspectus. The Grabhorn Press, 1935. Number 48 of the author's edition. hardcover books
19274918Chicago: Clason Map Company 1927. Fold-out map 71 cm x 53 cm housed in pink printed wrappers 18.5 cm. Map is in nice condition and printed on both sides. Early touring map of Florida. Covers print an advertisement for 'Bank of Mt. Dora - Mt. Dora Florida. Printed on the inside cover is a calendar for 1926 and 1927. Mt. Dora is located on the 'Best Roads' side in red.<br/><br/>One side prints: 'Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Florida.' Index of larger cities at the foot with locating coordinates and population figures for 1925. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left. This map locates roads and highways: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Reverse prints: 'Clason's Guide Map of Florida.' This map locates county boundaries county seats Native American reservations national forests rail lines and main roads. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left. Town index at right with locating coordinates. Clason Map Company unknown books
197628116Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee 1976. First Edition. Square quarto 22.75cm.; original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 100pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wear from handling especially at spine foot; toning and light dampstaining to spine edge of upper wrapper; About Very Good. Showcasing the worst housing available in each Alabama county including shacks located on the property of John D. Garrett state director of the Farmers Home Association. American Friends Service Committee unknown books
193523762United States of America: Not Published 1935. Album of approximately 220 black and white images; loosely corner-mounted to stiff black construction paper; about 60 photos with equestrian subjects horse events dressage family horses Grange fair travel; about 70 images identified as from various locales in New Jersey several from Troy Meadows trips Taylortown Colesville; also Florida areas during family journeys including; DeFuniak Springs St. Augustine Ft. Marion inland Florida farms Cypress Gardens several Bok Tower Lakeland Sarasota Naples Beach Tamiami Trail "Scenes to and from Key West" Englewood Ft. Myers Merritt Island more; average image size approx. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" size a few larger some smaller; photos dated 1935 - 1940 many with identification; contained in a oblong format dark blue pebbled cloth photograph album approx. 7 1/4" x 11" size; album covers very worn especially at corners and edges; a few photos detached & loose a couple with some creasing or wear; generally well-taken clear and in very good condition. Photography. Photograph Album. Very Good. Not Published Hardcover books
19244915Chicago IL: Clason Map Company 1924. Fold-out map 29 cm x 22.5 cm housed in small printed tan wrappers 8.5 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left . Early Florida highway routes and trails are located: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Wrappers print an advertisement for the Daytona Beach development 'Daytona Highlands: Florida's Suburb of Hills and Lakes' which is located on the fold out map. "Inside the City Limits of Greater Daytona Beach a rapidly growing town of 20000 population." The Daytona Highlands development began in 1924. Clason Map Company unknown books
19244912Chicago IL: Clason Map Company 1924. Fold-out map 42 cm x 32 cm housed in small printed tan wrappers 12 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Index of larger cities at the foot with locating coordinates. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left. Early Florida highway routes and trails are located: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Wrappers print an advertisement for the Daytona Beach development 'Daytona Highlands: Florida's Suburb of Hills and Lakes' which is located on the fold out map. "A unique residential development of the highest type. Inside city limits. City water city lights finest asphalt paving. Highest restrictions. Highest elevation on Florida east coast. Excellent golf course." The Daytona Highlands development began in 1924. Clason Map Company unknown books
19264916Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1926. Fold-out map 45 cm x 35 cm housed in small blue printed wrappers 13 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Map locates main and secondary routes paved improved graded and unimproved. Main towns are also located. Covers print an advertisement for 'Merchants Bank & Trust Company of Daytona Florida' Reverse prints a descending and progressive list of deposits in five year increments beginning with 1897. Rand McNally & Company unknown books
19244914Newton IA: Newton Manufacturing Company 1924. Fold-out map 42 cm x 32 cm housed in small illustrated wrappers 12 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Index of larger cities at the foot with locating coordinates. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left. Early Florida highway routes and trails are located: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Inside cover of the front wrapper prints an advertisement for 'Orwin Manor: The Million Dollar Development of Orlando and Winter Park. Walter W. Rose Investment Co. Orlando.'. Newton Manufacturing Company unknown books
194513029scsTallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover books
19414925fdTallahassee: Florida State Department of Agriculture n.d. ca. 1941. First Edition. Octavo pictorial wrappers 87 pp. Fold-out map photographs. Very Good. Florida State Department of Agriculture, n.d. [ca. 1941]. First Edition. unknown books
19255323Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1925. 44pp. Sextodecimo 16.5 cm Brown printed wrappers. Attached to rear inside panel: Color map 65 cm x 47 cm on a single sheet 71 cm x 53 cm that folds into brown printed covers 17 cm x 10 cm. Map has folds as issued. Map is bright and in nice condition. City and town index in the left margin. Nice early twentieth century Florida state map that identifies and locates county lines state lines and steamship routes overprinted in red. List of railroads 44 page booklet lists and locates Florida: Counties creeks islands lakes rivers towns and air service landing fields. Reverse prints a road map for the state. Rand McNally & Company unknown books
193293966NY:: Samuel French. Very Good. 1932. Paperback. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name and New York City address on the half-title page. First edition thus paperback. Age darkened along the spine moderate edge wear else very good in printed wraps. ; 137 pages . Samuel French, paperback books
196542232Jacksonville: Florida State Board of Health 1965. Digest. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; pp127-150; illus. Near Fine. Entire issue devoted to documenting the seasonal migrant labor population in Florida and improving public health services on their behalf. Illustrated throughout from photographs halftones. Florida State Board of Health unknown books
195623527Pensacola Florida: Not Published 1956. 4 pages written in ink in a good legible hand; G.C. Pierzchanowski in Special Services at Corry Field writing friend George Tuthill stationed at NAS Lakehurst NJ; missing his friend he requests more letters; commiserates with Tuthill concerning relationship entanglements and confusions discussed; evidently there has been competition and break-offs among several inter-related people with some violence: ".I'm glad that Shirley finally got sense enough to break off with John. He's no dam good to her going around slapping her and telling her off all the time. John deserves what he's got now "nothing"."; and relating some of his own story ".I'm playing football here on the varsity team for Pensacola and so I haven't had much time to see this girl here in town who I've been going with for quite a while."; and going on to graphically describing a sexual incident; he tells of 'dumping' this woman and pines for another back home; drinking is a large part the friends' activity and he has some 4 incarcerations with the Shore Patrol ".and a fifth time won't hurt any."; looking forward to Christmas visiting and getting drunk together and perhaps re-uniting with a former lover; on lined 8" x 10 1/2" notepaper with the original mailing envelope 3c stamp canceled Pensacola Nov. 5 1956; envelope with opening at side edge torn away; old fold lines to notepaper in very good condition; a small and lively bit of evidence of the life of this U.S. Navy serviceman. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
193661098bdJacksonville: Florida Works Progress Administration 1936. Intended as a monthly update just eight issues were produced between May and December 1936. This issue is entitled “The Master Builder.†Quarto self-wrappers stapled 20 pp. Photos of projects including streets and roads schools; charts of accident causes and frequency rates. Very Good. Florida Works Progress Administration, 1936. Intended as a monthly update, just eight issues were produced between May and Dece unknown books
1941249fdSt. Petersburg Florida: Mound Park Hospital School of Nursing 1941. Quarto cream fabricoid unpaginated. Very Good with light foxing age darkened spotting and edgewear; names noted in ink across the bottoms of a number of photographs. Mound Park Hospital School of Nursing, 1941. unknown books
1981201021981. Softcover. VG. Brown wraps. 16 pp. 1 bw 6 color plates. unknown books
