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Lunican
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« on: November 16, 2009, 12:00:45 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 12:20:13 AM »
Lunican, Jax may have offered tourists more in the past than today.  Maybe our current leaders take a cue!  What year is this?  Looks to be circa late 1900's to 1920's.

One thing for sure, April and May, along with October and November, are our nicest months of the year here.
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 12:48:02 AM »
It's from March 17, 1923. Also, the top illustration looks like Klutho Park.
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2009, 01:01:01 AM »
Quote from: Lunican on November 16, 2009, 12:48:02 AM
It's from March 17, 1923. Also, the top illustration looks like Klutho Park.

The ad says "Band Concerts are given daily in beautiful Hemming Park".  That was my guess based on the band shell that used to be there before the City "improved" the park by removing it!  The drawing matches the shell in the historic photo below:
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2009, 05:01:56 PM »
"Baseball games are frequent and other clean sports abound".

Haha.  What would a "dirty" sport have been back then?  Boxing?  Pool? Cockfighting?  That's about all I can think of, what else?
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2009, 05:07:35 PM »
I guess this was long before the city decided it was too good for tourism and "banished" the industry to Central FL.  Totally worked out for us.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2009, 10:25:36 PM »
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