Source
State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection
Description
Brochure advertising Lake Wales and Polk County to potential visitors. Featured photographs include tourist attractions such as the Black Hills Passion Play, Spook Hill, Cypress Gardens and the Bok Singing Tower. The brochure includes a chart showing the distance between Lake Wales and major cities in the northern United States, plus the distance between the city and major tourist attractions.
Mileage to Lake Wales
From
Albany, N.Y. ...... 1347
Atlantic City, N.J. ...... 1173
Baltimore, Md. ...... 1016
Boston, Mass ...... 1423
Chicago, Ill ...... 1216
Cincinnati, Ohio ...... 971
Cleveland, Ohio ...... 1202
From
Detroit, Mich ...... 1227
Indianapolis, Ind. ...... 1050
Louisville, Ky. ....... 946
Montreal, Canada ...... 1583
New York City ....... 1201
Philadelphia, Pa. ...... 1113
Washington D.C. ...... 978
Mileage from Lake Wales
To
Cypress Gardens ...... 11
Highlands Hammock Park ...... 38
Mckee Jungle Gardens ...... 80
Ringling Museums ....... 105
Marine Studios ....... 165
Daytona Beach ...... 124
Silver Springs ....... 124
To
Weekiwachee Springs ...... 110
Oldest House ...... 174
Musa Isle Indian Village ...... 210
Florida Citrus Museum ...... 16
World's Largest Sugar Mill ...... 103
Everglades National park ....... 230
Edison Home ....... 134
GREAT MASTERPIECE
MYSTERIOUS SPOOK HILL
AERIAL VIEW OF LAKE WALES
"THE FAREWELL AT BETHANY"
JOSEF MEIER AS THE CHRISTUS
THE CRUCIFIXION
The Black Hills Passion Play
The Black Hills Passion Play winter headquarters is Lake Wales, Florida. Regular performances will be given at 8 P.M. each Sunday, Tuesday evenings from January 31 through Easter Sunday, April 18, in the new outdoor Lake Wales Amphitheatre.
Discover the NEW Lake Wales, Florida -the NEW attractions center of Florida and the NEW cultural center of the southeast. In Lake Wales you may see the Singing Tower, Great Masterpiece, Black Hills Passion Play and that phenomenal Spook Hill. Nearby you may visit that ever beautiful and enjoyable Cypress Gardens. Lake Wales offers the winter visitor, the vacationer and the permanent resident more of the real things of life than does any other city in Florida. Winter or summer, you will enjoy the beautiful rolling countryside, the fun and health provided by golfing, swimming, shuffleboard, fishing, hunting or just plain relaxation. lake Wales is proud of its well attended churches and its excellent schools. DISCOVER the NEW Lake Wales, and you will discover REAL LIVING. The NEW Lake Wales invites you to meet the friendliest people in the South and to sample its hospitality and culture.
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