24 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Land development"
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Exclusive Winter Homes Booklet, 1918

Exclusive Winter Homes Booklet, 1918
Date
1918
Description
A booklet advertising land development at Tatum's Ocean Beach in North Miami Beach.
Collection
Exclusive Winter Homes Booklet, 1918

Exclusive Winter Homes Booklet, 1918
Dade County Florida Palm Prairie Tract, ca. 1916

Dade County Florida Palm Prairie Tract, ca. 1916
Date
1916 (circa)
Description
Promotional booklet describing lands for sale by the Dade Muck Land Company in Palm Prairie. The company hopes the land will become of "great horticultural and agricultural value."
Collection
Dade County Florida Palm Prairie Tract, ca. 1916

Dade County Florida Palm Prairie Tract, ca. 1916
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.''
Collection
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
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
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
Broadside advertising town lots for sale in Fernandina by the Florida Railroad Company

Broadside advertising town lots for sale in Fernandina by the Florida Railroad Company
Date
1867
Collection
Broadside advertising town lots for sale in Fernandina by the Florida Railroad Company

Broadside advertising town lots for sale in Fernandina by the Florida Railroad Company
Advertisement for Inverness Highlands in Inverness, Florida, ca. 1960

Advertisement for Inverness Highlands in Inverness, Florida, ca. 1960
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
Advertisement for Inverness Highlands, a new suburb of Inverness, Florida. Inverness Highlands is described as a great place to retire, start life or raise a family.
Collection
Advertisement for Inverness Highlands in Inverness, Florida, ca. 1960

Advertisement for Inverness Highlands in Inverness, Florida, ca. 1960
Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960

Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
A brochure for Plant City, Florida, highlighting all this city has to offer, including markets, workers, recreation, living conditions, transportation, citrus, phosphate, farm produce and cattle.
Collection
Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960

Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960
South Florida Farms Company pamphlet promoting Moore Haven, Florida, ca. 1918

South Florida Farms Company pamphlet promoting Moore Haven, Florida, ca. 1918
Date
1918 (circa)
Description
Pamphlet describing the benefits of establishing a farm at Moore Haven in what is now Glades County, Florida. The pamphlet is targeted at potential investors from the northern and midwestern United States, pointing out the comparatively favorable climate of South Florida.
Collection
South Florida Farms Company pamphlet promoting Moore Haven, Florida, ca. 1918

South Florida Farms Company pamphlet promoting Moore Haven, Florida, ca. 1918
Letter and Related Alachua Audubon Society Correspondence from Marjorie Harris Carr to W. Randolph Hodges, 1965

Letter and Related Alachua Audubon Society Correspondence from Marjorie Harris Carr to W. Randolph Hodges, 1965
Date
1965-12-04
Description
A letter from Marjorie Harris Carr, co-chairman for conservation at the Alachua Audubon Society, to W. Randolph Hodges, director of the State Board of Conservation, requesting a public hearing be called regarding the realignment of a section of the Cross Florida Barge Canal from Silver Springs to the St. Johns River. Additional documentation includes "A Summary of the Pertinent Factors in the Campaign by Conservationists to Preserve the Ocklawaha River Wilderness Area" from the Alachua Audubon Society; a news release from the Alachua Audubon Society regarding the efforts by conservation organizations to realign the route of the Cross Florida Barge Canal between Silver Springs and the St. Johns River, and the text of a letter sent to Lady Bird Johnson, first lady of the United States, about saving the Ocklawaha and Suwannee rivers in Florida; and Lady Bird Johnson's response to the Alachua Audubon Society's letter thanking the organization for their letter and saying she will not be able to visit the rivers because she is focusing on President Lyndon Johnson's health and recovery.
Collection
Letter and Related Alachua Audubon Society Correspondence from Marjorie Harris Carr to W. Randolph Hodges, 1965

Letter and Related Alachua Audubon Society Correspondence from Marjorie Harris Carr to W. Randolph Hodges, 1965
Map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, 1970

Map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, 1970
Date
1970-11
Description
A map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project.
Collection
Map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, 1970

Map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, 1970
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_975.9381-e96_01Exclusive Winter Homes Booklet, 1918TextAdvertisements
Boosterism
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_975.9381-e96_01.jpg
flc_975.938-b427_01Dade County Florida Palm Prairie Tract, ca. 1916TextAdvertising -- Real estate business -- Florida -- Dade County
Advertising -- Agriculture -- Florida -- Dade County
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_975.938-b427_01.jpg
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_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_br0026Broadside advertising town lots for sale in Fernandina by the Florida Railroad CompanyTextBondholders
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0026.jpg
sle_citrus_01Advertisement for Inverness Highlands in Inverness, Florida, ca. 1960TextBoosterism
Land development
Advertisements		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_citrus_01.jpg
sle_tampa-hillsborough_01Plant City, Florida - That "Right-Size" Community Brochure, ca. 1960TextBoosterism
Land development
Advertisements		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_tampa-hillsborough_01.jpg
flc_917.5951-h252_01South Florida Farms Company pamphlet promoting Moore Haven, Florida, ca. 1918TextBoosterism
Advertisements
Land development		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_917.5951-h252_01.jpg
s1237_b004_f03_x01Letter and Related Alachua Audubon Society Correspondence from Marjorie Harris Carr to W. Randolph Hodges, 1965TextCanals--Design and construction
Land development
Conservationists
Environmentalists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1237_b004_f03_x01.jpg
s1237_b004_f05_x01Map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, 1970TextCanals--Design and construction
Canals--Florida--Maps
Land development		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1237_b004_f05_x01.jpg