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1901

Richard Mette Collection

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Booklet: The Florida Ostrich Farm Jan 1901

Booklet: The Florida Ostrich Farm

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A brochure advertising the Florida Ostrich Farm in Jacksonville. It also describes available goods like assorted types of feathers, boas, stoles, fans and egg shells. M#77


Leslie's Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida's Chief City, Swept By Fire; 1901 Jan 1901

Leslie's Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida's Chief City, Swept By Fire; 1901

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Jacksonville, Florida's Chief City, Swept by Fire. A Loss of $11,000,000, involved in the destruction of 1,300 houses, leaving 11,000 persons homeless in a few hours. Fire Photographs taken for "Leslie's Weekly" by W.W. Ball, Jacksonviille. Captions: St. James Park--Ruins of the St. James and Windsor Hotels in the Background. Ruins of the City Building and Auditorium, Looking Southeast from Main and Forsyth Streets. Destruction Wrought in the Heart of the Retail Mercantile Section--Ruins of the Hubbard and Furchgott Buildings, Looking Southeast from the First National Bank. The Noted St. James Hotel, a Popular Winter Resort, Completely Destroyed. Photograph by …


Billing Receipt: A.B. Campbell Pianos, Organs, Musical Merchandise; Jacksonville, Florida; January 1, 1901 Jan 1901

Billing Receipt: A.B. Campbell Pianos, Organs, Musical Merchandise; Jacksonville, Florida; January 1, 1901

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Billing Receipt: A.B. Campbell Pianos, Organs, Musical Merchandise; Jacksonville, Florida; January 1, 1901


Booklet: Jacksonville In Flames: Florida's Metropolis In Sack-Cloth And Ashes, Walter S. Wagstaff Jan 1901

Booklet: Jacksonville In Flames: Florida's Metropolis In Sack-Cloth And Ashes, Walter S. Wagstaff

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Booklet with images by Joseph A. Ingram showing the damage from the Great Fire, Jacksonville, Florida in 1901. The booklet also includes a list of public buildings and private citizens’ buildings destroyed by the fire. Local advertisements included. It also lists the officers of the Jacksonville Relief Fund and the Ladies’ Auxiliary Relief Association. M#116 PALMM


Street Map, Free Street Map Jacksonville, Fla Jan 1901

Street Map, Free Street Map Jacksonville, Fla

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Street map of Downtown Jacksonville from Bay Street to State Street and Broad Street to Market Street. The front cover is an advertisement for Imeson’s Curio Store 226 Hogan Street and the back has advertisements for Belmont Cafeteria 118-122 Hogan Street C.H. Kerr Proprietor and The genuine Ponce DeLeon Florida Orange Blossom Perfume manufactures by The Ponce DeLeon Perfume Co. M#89


Envelope, Doty & Stowe, Sole Agents, Rolled Cigars, Jacksonville, Florida, February 19, 1901 Jan 1901

Envelope, Doty & Stowe, Sole Agents, Rolled Cigars, Jacksonville, Florida, February 19, 1901

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Envelope Front: Everybody Smokes – Lucke Rolled Cigars, Mild and Sweet. Made from Porto Rico’ Choicest Leaf, For Sale by DOTY & STOWE, Sole Agents, Jacksonville, Florida. Back: The New Era Standard of Highest Merit. THE LUCKE ROLLED CIGAR Long Porto Rico Filler. Box:4 No: 30 (M#149)