Paradise Regained

1898 ad for the Florida East Coast Railway/Steamship line running from Jacksonville to Key West. I think all of us here at WU would agree that Florida definitely is special.

via Mappenstance and Library of Congress

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 04, 2015
Category: Advertising | Nineteenth Century

Comments

I don't understand, we had satellites over Florida in 1898 or was Xanth being invaded by aliens yet again?

At least Chuck's house was spared.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/04/15 at 10:53 AM

Fla. is "paradise" only from December to the end of March, then the 'gators and prunes can have it for themselves.

Posted by John on 01/04/15 at 06:36 PM

Why is Florida considered weirdness central, even back then. California has lots of weird stuff like LA.

Posted by Gator Guy on 01/04/15 at 07:43 PM

The perspective is more than a little skewed on the size of the globe.

Posted by crc on 01/04/15 at 10:06 PM

Did this ad run in Cuba?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/05/15 at 11:32 PM

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