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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
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
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
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
193513201scsJacksonville FL: Florida & Georgia Hospital Associations 1935. Octavo paperbound stiff stapled printed wrappers 8 pp. Near-Fine with some darkening to edges of upper cover. Includes lists of speakers and topics officers program agenda etc. Florida & Georgia Hospital Associations, 1935. unknown books
196260737bd2St. Augustine: St. Augustine Art Association 1962. Single sheet folded into four octavo pages. List of Artist title of work medium and price along with a list of patrons. Fine. St. Augustine Art Association, 1962. unknown books
1957m2638Jacksonville: Florida Automotive Booster Club 1957. Octavo pictorial wrappers stapled 24 pp. Photos ads. Very Good. Florida Automotive Booster Club, 1957. unknown 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
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
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
19873620bdTallahassee: Florida Department of Commerce Division of Tourism 1987. Quarto stiff printed wrappers stapled 99 pp. Generally Very Good with some ink notes on front cover and two other pages in text. Florida Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, 1987. unknown books
19783619bdTallahassee: Florida Department of Commerce Division of Tourism 1978. Quarto stiff illustrated wrappers spiral bound 41 leaves. Photos. Very Good. Florida Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, 1978. unknown books
198851535bdTallahassee: Florida Department of State 1988. Quarto softbound xiv 327 pp. Fine. Florida Department of State, 1988. paperback books
193961227bdTampa: Florida Fair & Gasparilla Association 1939. First Edition. 16mo stiff yellow printed wrappers stapled 56 pp. Captioned photographs throughout. Fine. Florida Fair & Gasparilla Association, 1939. First Edition. unknown books
192961407bdN.l.: Florida Federation of ARts 1929. Single sheet 6.5 x 10.5 inches folded into six panels. Lists 46 artists and 111 of their contributions. Among the artists are Emmaline Buchholz Gainesville; Mark Dixon Dodd St. Petersburg; Rachel Lazarus Coral Gables; Emma Sears Marsh Mount Dora and Hazel W. Ward Tampa. Fine. Florida Federation of ARts, 1929. unknown books
1935m2639Jacksonville: Florida Hospital Association and Georgia Hospital Association 1935. Octavo printed wrappers stapled 8 pp. Near-Fine. Florida Hospital Association and Georgia Hospital Association, 1935. 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
193812830scsJacksonville: Florida Research Bureau.1938. Octavo green cloth hardcover xv 304 pp. Fair with speckling to spine & covers; interior clean & bright; binding tight. From Introduction: It is hoped this book will assist Florida citizens to think intelligently on their state problems and avoid the smoke-screens laid by self-seeking interests. Contents: Background of Tax Problems; Constitutional Provisions of Florida Government; Judicial Department; Executive Department Powers Limitations Election History of Office; Administrative Departments NAmes of Officers Terms Salaries Duties; Commisions Boards Institutions Memberrs Offices Residences Poers and Duties Salaries Terms; Legislative Department Terms and Names of Members History of Legislature and Rules of Conduct Florida Body Compaired with Others; Fundamental Problems with History of Their Origins in Territorial Days; Expenditures of State Reviewed from Earliest History Describing Methods of Spending State’s Money and Showing General Appropriations; Present Financial Problems and Forecast of 1939 Legislature’s Task; Priciples of Taxation Analysis of Proposed Taxes Ad Valorem Delinquency Tax Exemptions; Present Sources of State Revenues Analysis of General Fund Items.; Possible Sources of New Revenue.; Definistions of Phrases and Terms Hayden-Cartwright Act School Parity Amendment Facts About Florida. Florida Research Bureau.(1938). hardcover books
199506041scsN.1.: Florida State Horticutural Society 1995. Quarto softbound xvi 450 pp iv pp. Photos illus. Articles for: Citrus Garden & Landscape Handling & Processing Ornamentals and Vegetables. Fine. Florida State Horticutural Society, 1995. 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
1981201021981. Softcover. VG. Brown wraps. 16 pp. 1 bw 6 color plates. unknown 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
