Research Catalog

Title

The citrus industry in the Sunshine State / Brian Weaver and Richard Weaver.

Author

Weaver, Brian.

Publication

Charleston, SC : Arcadia, 1999.

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Details

Description

127 pages : chiefly illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. Father and son authors Brian Weaver and Richard Weaver have put together more than 150 postcards to create a visual record of Florida's citrus industry. As you flip through these pages, you will learn more about the oranges and grapefruit that grace millions of breakfast tables each morning, as well as the people whose hard work goes into getting that fruit from the tree to the plate. Blended with personal reminiscences, this fascinating history provides readers with a guided tour of the groves, packing houses, and juice plants in the heart of one of Florida's most important industries. -- Back cover.

Series Statement

Postcard history series

Uniform Title

Postcard history series.

Subjects

• Florida
• Beekeepers
• Citrus
• Pictorial works
• Orchards > Florida
• Florida > History > Pictorial works
• Honey plants
• Plants > Transpiration
• Citrus fruit industry > Florida
• History
• Mediterranean fruit-fly
• Beekeepers > Florida
• Postcards > Florida

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Oranges and grapefruit -- Ch. 2. The groves -- Ch. 3. "Come down and pick oranges" -- Ch. 4. Packing the fruit -- Ch. 5. Touring the groves -- Ch. 6. "How's this for a peach among the oranges?" -- Ch. 7. "Down South we roam"

ISBN

• 0738503029
• 9780738503028

LCCN

99067077

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library