| Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
6863 | | Details | Requa | 1947 |
Very Rare Attractions Map of Florida |
Requa |
1947 |
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| $200.00 | Requa | Very-Rare-Attractions-Map-of-Florida | Fine lithographed pictorial map of Florida highlighting its numerous attractions and State Parks. Seems to be very scarce and generally unavailable.
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Several of the attractions on the map have either been sold to developers, renamed, or closed. These include:
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<li>McKee's Jungle Gardens</li>
<li>Turner's Sunken Gardens</li>
<li>Ringling Art Museum</li>
<li>Marineland</li>
<li>Ravine Gardens</li>
<li>Oriental Gardens (closed in 1954)</li>
<li>Dupree Gardens</li>
<li>Everglades Reptile Gardens (now Everglades Wonder Gardens)</li>
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Lithographed and published by Macdonald Publishers of Tampa, Florida in 1947 two years before the establishment of the Florida Attractions Association (1949). |