Florida just after the turn of the 20th-century, as seen in a collection of 185 postcards, each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, almost all chromolithographic views of public and private buildings, tourist sites, scenery from natural areas, including coastal regions, orchards, groves, and other agricultural tracts, etc., housed in a period "Post Card Album."

Detroit, MI [and other places]: Detroit Photographic Co. [and other publishers], 1900-1905. The Florida cards are accompanied by 35 others, from Washington, D.C. (13), Annapolis, Maryland (9), Richmond, Virginia (10), Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (2), and Savannah, Georgia (1). Postcards slotted into leaves (no adhesives used), some soiled, but a very good lot. Three-color folio cloth album, with color pictorial onlay on upper cover (soiled). (#2396). Item #58219

Together, a colorful view of Florida's east-coast towns and scenery at the turn of the 20th-century, comprising these groups: Jacksonville (5 postcards), African-Americans (5), St. Augustine (127, with emphasis on the luxury hotels, churches, and Fort Marion), orange groves (4), Daytona (3), Deland (12), pine forests and other natural areas (11), New Smyrna (3), Eau Gallie (1), Palm Beach (9), Seminole Indians (3), Lake Worth (1), and Key West (1).

Price: $1,250.00

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