ALL ITEMS: 'Fryhofer--George


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5033Broadside and map of an early land sale in Boca Raton, Florida.DetailsFryhofer, George1915
Antique auction broadside for Boca Ratone Raton Florida
Fryhofer, George
1915
LOC:200
$0.00Fryhofer--GeorgeAntique-auction-broadside-for-Boca-Ratone-Raton-FloridaSOLD <br></br> One-of-a-kind foundational auction broadside with a charming <b>zoomorphic</b> map (verso) of <b>Boca Raton, Florida</b>. The broadside and map advertise the auction of several hundred lots in "Boca Ratone" by owner George Long (1), and conducted by George Fryhofer, auctioneer on Washington's birthday, Feb 22, 1915, eight years before the town of Boca Raton was incorporated. No holdings of this map are found in WorldCat, AMPR, or elsewhere. <br></br> This rare broadside clearly shows the location of the Boca Raton Post Office and of the home of George Long, a home that formerly belonged to Henry Flagler. Map also has a zoomorphic scene of a rat and a cat at the entrance to Lake Boca Raton; the land encompassed within the cat is labeled "<b>Black Cat Plantation</b>" (2). <br></br> As described online "The Youngs heard that George Fryhofer was holding a lot auction in Boca Raton, so Mrs. Young and her friend, Mr. Muhle, came up to attend the auction. Peg [Young] surprised herself by buying four lots on East Palmetto Park Road [previously Ocean Boulevard] where the 7-11 store is located". <br><br> (1) George Ashley Long (d. 1929) was a retired farmer, civil engineer, and commissioner from South Palm Beach County, Florida as well as the first mayor of Boca Raton. In the same year as this sale (1915) Long developed the three-block <b>Pearl City</b> subdivision for African Americans near today’s Dixie Highway and Glades Road. Pearl City, about 3/4 mile from this property, was named for a variety of pineapple, the Hawaiian Pearl.<br><br> (2) <b>Black Cat Plantation</b> was a parcel of land owned by the first settler in Boca Raton, <b>Captain Thomas Moore Rickards</b>. Rickards bought 50 acres in Lake Boca Raton in the 1880's when he worked as a railway agent to survey the state. Rickards is credited with drawing the first known map of the area in 1900.