21 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Cities and towns--History"
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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.
Collection
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.''
Collection
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.''
Collection
History of the Burning Spring, Anastasia Island, ca. 1899

History of the Burning Spring, Anastasia Island, ca. 1899

Date
1899 (circa)
Description
Broadside advertising the history of the Burning Spring at Anastasia Island.
Collection
Pamphlet advertising Jacksonville and the Florida Union

Pamphlet advertising Jacksonville and the Florida Union

Date
1867-07-01
Description
Advertisement describing the services of the Florida Land Agency, including a list of lands available for sale.
Collection
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.
Collection
Circular letter to the citizens on Conant, Florida, 1887

Circular letter to the citizens on Conant, Florida, 1887

Date
1887
Description
Circular letter addressed to the Citizens of Conant, Florida appealing to property owners for a subscription in proportion to the amount of land held by them to improve the leading thoroughfares of the town.
Collection
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.''
Collection
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.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_917.5967-s617f-1936_01Facts About the Singing Tower and Sanctuary, Lake Wales, 1936TextCarillon music
Cities and towns--History
Music--Performance
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flc_br0002Promotional Flier for Galt CityTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land settlement
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flc_br0004Advertisement for Hibernia, Fleming's Island, FloridaTextCities and towns--History
Tourist trade
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flc_br0005History of the Burning Spring, Anastasia Island, ca. 1899TextCities and towns--History
Tourist trade
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flc_br0014Broadside advertising land for sale near Lake Monroe and the St. Johns RiverTextCities and towns--History
Land settlement
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flc_br0025Pamphlet advertising Jacksonville and the Florida UnionTextCities and towns--History
Land development
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flc_br0041Advertisement for land offered by the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land CompanyTextCities and towns--History
Land companies
Land settlement
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flc_br0042Circular letter to the citizens on Conant, Florida, 1887TextCities and towns--History
Transportation
Ghost towns
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flc_br0043Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done HereTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Cotton trade
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flc_br0057Reprint: "Big Hopkins Tract is Coming Potato Country," Melbourne Times, March 21, 1918TextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Land development
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