Description: Tampa, Florida 7 land sale ads 1914-1927 This is a collection of 7 vintage magazine advertisements which are all over 95 years old, promoting the purchase of land in suburban Tampa, Florida. They all appeared in Popular Mechanics magazine between 1914 and 1927. They are on sheets which measure slightly over 6 x 9 inches in size. They are generally in very good-to-excellent condition, and each ad is shown in the accompanying photos. Three of the ads are full-page ones; three are a half-page in size; and one takes up a quarter of a page. The ads were placed by the North Tampa Land Co. The headlines of the full-page ads proclaim: GET AWAY FROM CITY DRUDGERY GROW GRAPEFRUIT and ORANGES IN FLORIDA We Furnish Both Land and Trees A Home and Income For You in Sunny Florida Money Grows if rightly planted A Yearly Income for Every Man and Woman A Dixie Estate is Future Insurance Their texts' include statements such as these: Would you invest a moderate amount . . . if you felt assured it would earn for you an income of $1000.00 to $5,000.00 annually according to your investment? This without a stroke of work on your part . . . . A Dixie Estate of fancy grapefruit, oranges and avocados should do this for you . . . Past and present prices for these fruits prove it is a very Conservative Statement. Picture for yourself a cozy home in balmy Florida, beneath beautiful skies, among flowering shrubs and luxuriant money-producing fruit trees. . . You Are Planting Money Rightly When You Invest in Dixie Estates LocationThe best in all Florida, near Tampa70,000 population, growing so rapidly that it is destined to become the Los Angeles of the South. SoilYou could not buy better land for growing fruit no matter how much you paid for it. ClimateMost healthful and charming the year round. The Trees . . . The Avocado (commonly called alligator pear) is known as the aristocrat of fruits. In winter they sell at $1.00 to $2.00 each in northern markets. Invest Now in Our New Lithia Tract Suburban to Tampa, the metropolis of South Florida. It is one of the few choice suburban farm tracts left in Hillsboro County, the recognized center of Florida's grapefruit and orange belt. This is our third great Hillsboro County tract that has been opened to homeseekers . . . . Over 2,500 families are now rejoicing because they bought at opening prices in our two former tracts. . . . The visible supply of select Hillsboro County grape fruit land is melting away very fast. Prosperous homes are scattered around the Lithia Tractgrapefruit and orange groves, truck gardens and poultry farms are flourishing. . . . FreeAbsolutely Free100 grapefruit and orange trees to each and every purchaser who reserves one of these farms NOW. . . . The C. E. Thomas Nurseries are growing the finest varieties of grapefruit, orange, lime, fancy peach, plum and other semi-tropical and southern fruit trees, which we are selling to land owners thoughout the south. . . . Four big railroads intersect these suburban tractsall the comforts of modern life right at hand! The completion of the Panama Canal throws the spotlight on Tampa, the nearest deep water port, and the traffic of the whole maritime world will pause at Tampa's door. Think of ita 10-acre farm suburban to a city like thisa farm big enough to keep you in comfort all your lives, yet one you can pay for so easily that it will really surprise you. . . . The Right Land in the Right Location at the Right PriceAny Size Farm From 10 to 640 acres or more. These splendid lands are suburban to Tampa, the metropolis of South Florida. Here you will find the most healthful, the most delightful climate in North America . . . . the banner agricultural County of Florida. . . . Whether it's 10 or 20 acres, for a Fruit Grove, Poultry or Truck Farm, or from 80 to 640 acres for General Farming, Cattle and Hog Raising. . . . Poultry a Big Money-Maker Hillsboro County is without question one of the most favored locations in the United States for poultry raising. Tampa affords an unlimited market for chickens, eggs, and ducks. . . . Stock Raising and General Farming We also have lands especially adapted to general farming, Long Staple Cotton, Corn, and Live Stock. Hog and cattle raising has never been so profitable before. . . . Etc., etc. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
Price: 17.95 USD
Location: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-07T02:30:13.000Z
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