DESCRIPTION:
"Successful Men Do It Now -
Failures Wait Until Tomorrow"
An original antique advertising poster from the early Florida land boom. A fine, surviving 18" x 24" broadside on thin paper, touting the opportunity that awaited the investor in Florida real estate, including 27,000 acres ("the best tract for farming") near Jacksonville, in Duval County. A fine piece of ephemera that supports and extends any collection of Florida cartography.
The artifact could be considered as the "poster child" of antique Florida ephemera as the two tear-out coupons strongly suggest the broadside was not expected to have a long life and would be discarded after use.
"Virgin Soil", "Pure Water", "1,000,000 Acres to Choose From", "Healthful Climate", "Big Crops".
Offered at prices from $12.50 to $30.00 per acre by the Colonization Department of the partnership of Sutherland, McConnel & Co. of Jacksonville, Florida, Clifford Greve, General Manager. The Auck Brothers of Bucyrus, Ohio were appointed as "Special Agents" for the sale.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1911
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Very good.
Very clean and bright on thin paper. A very few tiny edge separations.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 18
" x
24 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION:
PRICE: $1000
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