| n2009-10_b001_f01_01 | Rainbow Springs tourist attraction sale presentation package, 1954 | Text | Springs--Florida--Marion County--Rainbow Springs
Nature
Rivers--Florida--Marion County--Rainbow Springs
Landscapes--Florida--Marion County--Rainbow Springs
Rainbow Springs (Fla)--Buildings, structures, etc
Glass bottom boats
Real estate agents
Real estate business
Commercial real estate | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2009-10_b001_f01_01.jpg |
| sle_brevard_06 | NASA at Cape Kennedy and the Spaceport, ca. 1965 | Text | Space programs--United States
Manned space flight
Astronauts
Space vehicles
Saturn launch vehicles | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_brevard_06.jpg |
NASA at Cape Kennedy and the Spaceport, ca. 1965
- Date
- 1965 (circa)
- Description
- A booklet about NASA at Cape Kennedy (now known as Cape Canaveral) with an introduction by Kurt H. Debus and information about the history of NASA; the NASA missions at Cape Kennedy and other sites around the United States; launch vehicles; future concepts; NASA employees; activities available in Cape Canaveral and the surrounding area; the workforce and budget of NASA; and a map of Cape Kennedy.
- Collection
| fsd_f630s-s128_1947 | Safety on the Farm, 1947 | Text | Safety education
Accidents--Prevention | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/fsd_f630s-s128_1947.jpg |
Safety on the Farm, 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Description
- Booklet about how to prevent accidents on the farm with questions and drawings illustrating what not to do. There is also information about what first aid to administer to the injured or poisoned and "Six Murderous Beliefs" by Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council.
- Collection
| fsd_f625.7s-r12_01 | State Road Department Bulletin: Mixed-in-Place Sand Asphalt in Florida, 1932 | Text | Roads--Design and construction
Asphalt | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/fsd_f625.7s-r12_01.jpg |
State Road Department Bulletin: Mixed-in-Place Sand Asphalt in Florida, 1932
- Date
- 1932-01-01
- Description
- Booklet by H.C. Weathers, engineer with the State Road Department, entitled "Mixed-in-Place Sand Asphalt." Published January 1932. Weathers wrote the bulletin in response to a number of requests from county officials and contractors for information about the State Road Department's tests involving various paving methods. The booklet outlines the process for laying and mixing in place an asphalt roadway surface. The booklet features several photographs illustrating the process.
- Collection
| s419_b044_f07_x04 | Directory of General Salvage Committee Chairmen and State Salvage Grease Committee as of May 15, 1943 | Text | Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Volunteers
World War (1939-1945)
Civil defense
Glycerin | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b044_f07_x04.jpg |
| n2002-5_b002_f28_01 | Investor's Guide to the Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad Company, ca. 1892 | Text | Real estate investment
Railroad companies | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2002-5_b002_f28_01.jpg |
Investor's Guide to the Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad Company, ca. 1892
- Date
- 1892 (circa)
- Description
- Booklet promoting the Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Gulf Railroad Company to potential investors. Information includes a list of the principal officers of the corporation and a description of the company's land holdings, its activities in developing the land, the status of Carrabelle and Apalachicola as ports, and other data suggesting the health of the company as a potential investment. The booklet concludes with a map of the railroad, showing communities, railway stops, and other important locations in its vicinity.
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| s384_b008_f02_02 | Rocket City Urban/Suburban Complex Booklet, ca. 1962 | Text | Real estate business--Florida--Rocket City
Real estate development--Florida--Rocket City
Land subdivision--Florida--Rocket City
Place marketing | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s384_b008_f02_02.jpg |
Rocket City Urban/Suburban Complex Booklet, ca. 1962
- Date
- 1962 (circa)
- Description
- A booklet advertising Rocket City as a great place to invest in and to live. There is information about the features of the planned city, including residential and commercial spaces; statistics about population and corporate growth; a zoning map; a description of some of the planned businesses in the city; and other details about the city's amenities.
- Collection
| flc_917.5-q3_01 | Florida and Havana: Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway, 1905 | Text | Railroad trains
Railroad travel
Florida -- Description and travel
Florida -- Pictorial works | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_917.5-q3_01.jpg |
Florida and Havana: Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway, 1905
- Date
- 1905
- Description
- A booklet describing what passengers would see as they traveled along the Queen and Crescent Route to Cuba and Nassau. The booklet includes detailed information about the American Civil War history of the stops along the route in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia; hotels where passengers could stay; attractions passengers could see in these cities; and images of both the hotels and the attractions. The end of the booklet describes the automatic electric block signal system used along the route and has the timetables for trains and steamships.
- Collection
| n2015-1_b003_f25_01 | Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social Aspects
Civil rights demonstrations | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f25_01.jpg |
Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960
- Date
- 1960-05
- Description
- A booklet published by the Congress of Racial Equality with an introduction by Lillian Smith. It consists of six stories written by young people involved with sit-ins and other non-violent demonstrations across the United States. Patricia Stephens Due, a Tallahassee civil rights activist who was jailed for 49 days with seven other students following a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter, tells her story from jail. She writes about the events leading up to being jailed and the conditions at the Leon County Jail. The other five stories were written by Edward Rodman (Portsmouth, Virginia), Paul Laprad (Nashville, Tennessee), Thomas Gaither (Orangeburg, South Carolina), Major Johns (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) and Martin Smolin (activities in the North).
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| m75-85_b021_f01_01 | Florida's Historic Capitol Booklet, ca. 1965 | Text | Public buildings--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Capitals (Cities)
Public architecture--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Capitols | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/m75-85_b021_f01_01.jpg |
Florida's Historic Capitol Booklet, ca. 1965
- Date
- 1965 (circa)
- Description
- A booklet describing how Tallahassee was chosen as the capital of Florida and the history of the Florida Capitol building. There are also facts about the Florida Capitol (now the Florida Historic Capitol Museum).
- Collection
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