Early Atlantic Coast Line Guide to Florida

"Atlantic Coast Line in Florida [in] Atlantic Coast Line - Tropical Trips Golf Courses and Hotel Directory Season 1911-1912", Poole Bros.

This 54-page brochure promoting the Atlantic Coast Line was intended to highlight “the many delightful resorts of easy access to those seeking health and pleasures in the ‘Sunny South-Land'.” It is loaded with illustrations along the company's lines including hotels, resorts, golf clubs, fishing, points of interest, and more. A centerfold map entitled Atlantic Coast line in Florida (8.5 x 11.5”) depicts the railroad lines across the state in red overprinting, along with the Florida East Coast Railway in black overprinting. The brochure includes three smaller maps showing a line from Jacksonville to Sanford, the lines in the Sanford to Tampa area, and two lines in the vicinity of Tampa. Self-folding into pictorial wrappers featuring a hotel scene. Published in Wilmington, NC.

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Condition: B+

Contents are mostly clean and bright with light wear along the edges and a narrow faint dampstain in the bottom margin. The rear cover has a couple of small tears repaired with old cello tape.