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Turtle Catch, 1938
Dead turtles on pier. Label: Turtle catch, some weighing over 300 lbs., Key West, Fla.
"C.T. Art-Colortone" -
Turtle Crawls, Key West, Fla., c. 1955
Crowd of people watch a large turtle being slid up a wooden ramp from a pen in the water. Caption on back: "Crawls for hundreds of giant turtles are interesting attractions. Some of these weigh almost 300 pounds." Turtle crawls, or kraals, were large saltwater holding pens, which were open for tourists to view in the 1950s. -
Arrival and unloading of a Turtle Boat, c. 1935
Piles of turtles on their backs on a boat and on dock. Caption: "The only cannery green turtle soup in the United States is in Key West, and its products are exported all over the world wherever epicures congregate. The turtles weighing 300 to 400 pounds are caught in South American waters and penned in 'crawls' and they gaze with stoic calm at the strange people who come to look at them." -
Greetings from Florida's Indian River section, 1940
Decorative lettering postcard. Caption: "The Indian River flows parallel to the shore line of the Atlantic Ocean. Miles wide in places, narrow in others, this palm bordered river is the home of the renowned Indian River orange and grapefruit groves."
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card. -
Motoring through an Orange Grove, Florida, c. 1911
Car driving between orange grove lanes.
Florida Artistic Series, one cent stamp. -
Sour Oranges Growing Wild, Florida, c. 1912
Men standing amid orange trees.
Postmarked 1913, one cent stamp, "Florida Artistic Series" -
Grading oranges, c. 1906
Family examines and sorts crates of oranges.
Back undivided (required after 1907), one cent stamp -
A Busy Day in an Orange Grove, c. 1910
People working in an orchard, harvesting oranges.
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Packing Oranges in Florida, c. 1909
People working in a citrus packing shed. Caption: "Packing oranges. In packing oranges, boxes of light material are made, and each orange is wrapped separately in tissue paper. They are placed closely together in layers, so that there will be no rolling or sliding, and care is taken that only one grade is put into each box. According to the size of the fruit, a standard box will hold from 96 to 250."
Postmarked 1909, one cent stamp. -
Grape Fruit, Florida, c. 1914
Grapefruit tree.
Postmarked 1914, one cent stamp.