| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6452 |  | Details | Utz, Thornton | 1965 |
| 60s Pictorial map of Sarasota Florida |
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Utz, Thornton |
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| 1965 |
| LOC:87 |
| $300.00 | Utz--Thornton | 60s-Pictorial-map-of-Sarasota-Florida | Pictorial map of Sarasota, Florida and surrounding areas ca. 1965. Designated the Official Chamber of Commerce map, it shows a single span of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge. Copyrighted and published by Thornton Utz as the Limited Gift Edition, this printing of Utz's Map of Sarasota was presented as a service by the Sarasota bank and Trust Company.
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6452/SC_6452_Detail.jpg" alt="1960s Pictorial Map of Sarasota, Florida by Utz" width="340"/> <br><small>Detail from Utz's Map of Sarasota, Florida</small>
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Utz included sketches of numerous commercial and recreational activities in his map including:
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<li>Siesta Key and Longboat Key</li>
<li>Sarasota Jungle Gardens</li>
<li>Chicago White Sox training camp</li>
<li>Bradenton Art Center</li>
<li>Camp Flying Eagle Boy Scout camp</li>
<li>Crescent Beach and Lido Beach</li>
<li>Forest Lakes County Club</li>
<li>Ringling Museum</li>
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Based on the $3.00 price stated for an mail-order autographed copy of the map, it appears to predate the version of the map held at the Touchton Map Library which carries a $5.00 price and lacks the reference in the title cartouche to Sarasota Bank and Trust. |