Florida Memory • Koreshan Unity Business Card, ca. 1897

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Koreshan Unity Business Card, ca. 1897

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2009-3

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The front of the card shows the Koreshan Unity's "Geodetic Survey" members setting up "The Air Line" rectilineator on the beach in Naples, Florida. The rectilineator instrument was used to create a straight measuring line and "prove" the earth is concave. At the right is Harry Boomer with the white shirt. Other survey members included: U.G. Morrow, L.S. Boomer, Abe Gush?, and Geo. Stunt?.

Date

1897 (circa)

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Cards

Geographic Term

Chicago (Ill.)

Title

Koreshan Unity Business Card, ca. 1897

Subject

Cosmology--Philosophy

Koreshanity

Scientific apparatus and instruments

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2009-3

Date

1897 (circa)

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cards

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

n2009-3_b005_f16_03a

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Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Geographic Term

Chicago (Ill.)

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ca. 1897

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Business And Industry

Subject - Corporate

Koreshan Unity

Subject - Person

Morrow, Ulysses G., 1864-1950

Boomer, Lucius S., 1851-1897

Stunt, George

Boomer, Harry

Gush, Abe

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Koreshan Unity Business Card, ca. 1897. 1897 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331387>, accessed 7 February 2025.

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Koreshan Unity Business Card, ca. 1897. 1897 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331387>

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For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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