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Brochure, Thomas A. Edison Winter Home Botanical Gardens and Laboratories, ca. 1955

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Brochure, Thomas A. Edison Winter Home Botanical Gardens and Laboratories, ca. 1955

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State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection

Description

Brochure advertising Thomas Edison's winter home in Fort Myers as a tourist attraction. The brochure includes photos of various parts of the estate and a map with directions for reaching it from downtown.

Date

1955 (circa)

Publisher

Griffith-McCarthy, Inc. (Tampa, Fla.)

Contributors

Parker, Dixie

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Brochures

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Brochure, Thomas A. Edison Winter Home Botanical Gardens and Laboratories, ca. 1955

Subject

Advertising--Tourism

Tourism

Historic buildings

Historic sites

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State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection

Publisher

Griffith-McCarthy, Inc. (Tampa, Fla.)

Date

1955 (circa)

Contributor

Parker, Dixie

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brochures

Language

eng-US

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Lee County (Fla.)

Fort Myers (Fla.)

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Tourism and Promotion

Subject - Person

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Brochure, Thomas A. Edison Winter Home Botanical Gardens and Laboratories, ca. 1955. 1955 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346408>, accessed 31 January 2025.

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Brochure, Thomas A. Edison Winter Home Botanical Gardens and Laboratories, ca. 1955. 1955 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346408>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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