21 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Cities and towns--History"
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Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello

Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello
Date
1918
Description
...located 12 miles south of Monticello, county seat of Jefferson County... Railroad transportation within one and one-half mile of southern boundary...About 1,500 acres ready for cultivation...Valuable lime deposit on property...The soil is especially fertile and particularly adapted to raising of staple crops...Precipitation well distributed through the year...Climate such as only north Florida enjoys.''
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Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello

Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of Monticello
Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here

Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here
Date
1887
Description
Jefferson County is the Banner County of the State. More of its chief crop, cotton, is produced that in any county in the State. Its resources are unlimited, its climate unsurpassed, its soil equals any in any civilized country. ... Any further information about the county, etc., will be cheerfully given. Yours respectfully, E. B. Bailey. Monticello, Fla., September 1887.''
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Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here

Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here
Promotional Flier for Galt City

Promotional Flier for Galt City
Date
1885 (circa)
Description
... Galt City is one of the most delightful places on the line of the P. & A. R. R. for residence, or for those desiring to go into fruit growing & truck farming. ... Special terms made to colonies and permanent settlers. For further information address, W. G. Chipley ... or A. W. Stewart ... Pensacola, Florida.''
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Promotional Flier for Galt City

Promotional Flier for Galt City
Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918

Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918
Date
1918
Description
Response to article about Deer Park Proposition, known as Hopkins Tract, in Jacksonville Times-Union. Article from Jacksonville Times-Union is repeated in first column and most of second column. Last two paragraphs in second column and third column are comments from the Melbourne Times article.
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Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918

Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918
Promotional mailer from the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce

Promotional mailer from the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
Date
1956
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Promotional mailer from the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce

Promotional mailer from the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936

Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936
Date
1936
Description
Leaflet describing the Bok Singing Tower in Lake Wales, Florida, as well as the town of Lake Wales and its environs in Polk County. A population table is included.
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Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936

Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936
Advertisement by Catts Realty Company in DeFuniak Springs for land near Moore Haven

Advertisement by Catts Realty Company in DeFuniak Springs for land near Moore Haven
Date
1922
Description
... contracts back from Tampa this week for 100 cars of muck ... goal will be a fertilizer plant in Moore Haven ... Jacksonville Times-Union, July 5, 1922.'' Reprint of article from Jacksonville Times-Union used in advertisement for selling lots in Moore Haven and Glades County by Catts' Realty Company, DeFuniak Springs. Florida.
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Advertisement by Catts Realty Company in DeFuniak Springs for land near Moore Haven

Advertisement by Catts Realty Company in DeFuniak Springs for land near Moore Haven
Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, Florida

Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, Florida
Date
1885 (circa)
Description
An attractive old-fashioned southern home, surrounded by oak and orange groves delightfully situated on the beautiful St. Johns River, twenty-three miles South of Jacksonville.''
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Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, Florida

Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, Florida
Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Company

Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Company
Date
1886
Description
Description of land of St. Andrew's Bay and surrounding county. Terms. Company address: 227 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Company

Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Company
Advertisement from the Atlantic Seashore Company for land for sale at Atlantic Beach (Neptune)

Advertisement from the Atlantic Seashore Company for land for sale at Atlantic Beach (Neptune)
Date
1915 (circa)
Description
An advertisement for the sale of Neptune Beach (Fla.) lots (revised in 1911). ''We have only about twenty ocean front lots and one hundred lots along the paved boulevards, which have not been previously sold or engaged.''
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Advertisement from the Atlantic Seashore Company for land for sale at Atlantic Beach (Neptune)

Advertisement from the Atlantic Seashore Company for land for sale at Atlantic Beach (Neptune)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_br0058Advertisement for land in central Jefferson County offered by Abe Simmon of MonticelloTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0058.jpg
flc_br0043Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done HereTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Cotton trade		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0043.jpg
flc_br0002Promotional Flier for Galt CityTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land settlement		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0002.jpg
flc_br0057Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918TextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0057.jpg
flc_br0096Promotional mailer from the Jacksonville Chamber of CommerceTextBusiness industry
Cities and towns--History		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0096.jpg
flc_917.5967-s617f-1936_01Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936TextCarillon music
Cities and towns--History
Music--Performance		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_917.5967-s617f-1936_01.jpg
flc_br0061Advertisement by Catts Realty Company in DeFuniak Springs for land near Moore HavenTextCities and towns--History
Agriculture		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0061.jpg
flc_br0004Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, FloridaTextCities and towns--History
Tourist trade		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0004.jpg
flc_br0041Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land CompanyTextCities and towns--History
Land companies
Land settlement		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0041.jpg
flc_br0109Advertisement from the Atlantic Seashore Company for land for sale at Atlantic Beach (Neptune)TextCities and towns--History
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0109.jpg