Polk County Grove after the Freeze, Showing Foliage and Fruit on the Trees
A Polk County orange grove said to be carrying foliage and fruit after a freeze, with pickers beneath the trees.
An engraved plate from Oliver Marvin Crosby’s Florida Facts, Both Bright and Blue (1887). Crosby founded Avon Park two years earlier; these plates are the imagery he and his contemporaries used to sell Florida land to northern buyers, and they should be read as promotion rather than as record.
Credit line
Oliver Marvin Crosby, Florida Facts, Both Bright and Blue (1887), page 70 of the scan. Via Internet Archive.
Rights
Published in the United States in 1887. Copyright expired.
Original item: https://archive.org/details/floridafactsbot00crosgoog
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- unverified — Drafted from sources but not yet checked by a volunteer.
- Rights
- public-domain — Published in the United States in 1887; copyright expired Held by Internet Archive. Original item
Sources
- Oliver Marvin Crosby, Florida Facts, Both Bright and Blue
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