Madison Georgia. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. On offer is a 1969-1970 American diary from 71-year-old Florida Lamar Poullain Campbell Prior of Madison Georgia. Prior was the descendant of the Poullain and Lamar families who have called Georgia home since the early 1700s. Prior was born in Madison in 1898 and lived her life in that community. She married Walter Truman Prior and had a daughter named Florida C. Prior Jr. Prior passed away in 1991 at the age of 93. Although her name is not inscribed on the book context and the individuals named in her entries point to Priors identity. This diary was printed in 1925 but entries were sporadically made between 1969 and 1970. Prior's writing paints a detailed picture of life in the American South at this time. Personal relationships were very important to Prior and her entries are replete with references to family and friends. She also describes the social events that she participates in and the simple pleasures she experiences in her daily life. "Roy M. Prior passed away around 6: 00 AM. Today. He was my sweet and true friend. We will miss him. Ruth has stayed with us some during his illness and Flo & I have enjoyed being with her" April 11. "Today Florida C Prior Jr & Myself watched astronauts Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin Jr. Walk on the moon & heard Pres. Nixon talk to them from Washington and heard their reply to him. UNBELIEVABLE" July 20. "Claire Stovall Inez W. Kroger Georgia Mallory Marguerite Little Helen de Beaugrine Fanny Harris & Ruth Attaway had lunch with me at Ye Olde Colonial Restaurant. We missed Martha Rhoades & Sara Knight who could not be with us. I enjoyed these sweet friends" July 25. "Mell Burgess Paine invited Flo & I to come to Decater for the day & to go to new S. DeKalb Richs. We took morning train for Atlanta -- first time I have been on this train in over 45 years. It was a great experience" August 20. "Elizabeth Cochran Prior & Roy Prior were married this afternoon at the Apalachee Baptist Church. Martha & Paul Rhoades went with Flo & me. It was very sweet" November 8. The diary measures 7 inches by 5 inches contains 183 pages and is approximately 20 percent complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition and the handwriting is quite legible. This small diary offers an interesting grouping of family and friendship links that can flesh out genealogical lines in this historic community and county in Georgia. It also offers insight into life in the South at a time when Americans were landing on the moon and experiencing major social upheaval. ; Manuscripts; 7" x 5"; 183 pages; Keywords: Florida Campbell Prior; Lamar; Lamer; Madison Oaks Inn; 766 East Avenue; Poullain Heights; Morgan County; American South; Georgia; Madison; Historic; The South; Scull Shoals; Antoinne Poullain; Rebecca Lamar; Sarah Poullain Campbell; Thomas Poullain; Ye Olde Colonial Restaurant; Apalachee Baptist Church; Moon Landing; Moon Walk; Neil Armstrong; Edwin Aldrin Jr; Buzz Aldrin; AMERICANA; HANDWRITTEN; MANUSCRIPT; DOCUMENT; LETTER; AUTOGRAPH; WRITER; HAND WRITTEN; DOCUMENTS; SIGNED; LETTERS; MANUSCRIPTS; DIARY; DIARIES; JOURNALS; PERSONAL HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL; HOLOGRAPH; WRITERS; AUTOGRAPHS; PERSONAL; MEMOIR; MEMORIAL; ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT; VÉLIN; DOCUMENT; MANUSCRIT; PAPIER ANTIKE; BRIEF; PERGAMENT; DOKUMENT; MANUSKRIPT; PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO; ATTO; VELINA; DOCUMENTO; MANOSCRITTO; CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD; HECHO; VITELA; DOCUMENTO; MANUSCRITO; PAPEL . hardcover
Ft. Lauderdale: Florida Center for the Book Broward County Main Library 1995. 8vo. Stapled Wrap ca. 65 pp. Very Good Ft. Lauderdale: Florida Center for the Book, Broward County Main Library, 1995 unknown
Tallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover
Ft. Lauderdale:Florida Center for the Book Broward County Main Library 1998. 4to. Tall Aspect Ratio 2-Page Folded Pamphlet and Bookmark ca. 2 pp. 2-color Illustration Very Good Ft. Lauderdale:Florida Center for the Book, Broward County Main Library, 1998 unknown
Tallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover books
St. Augustine Florida: The Florida Club 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. A stereoview card that can be read at many levels: as a glimpse of post-Reconstruction African American life in Florida as a White supremacist image as a statement of class superiority and as an early image of the Lost Cause.<br /> <br /> These photographs offer a portrait of a young Black boy at work probably for a poor white farmer. The boy sits in an oxcart in the St. Augustine Plaza de la Constitucion. Presumably the driver of the cart has stepped away leaving the child in charge. That the child is working is suggested by the caption pasted on the verso back which refers to the boy and the ox as "the team of a Florida cracker" which is "a nickname applied to the poor white people of The South" Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms 1877.<br /> <br /> The intent of this stereoview is clearly to denigrate the boy for being black and the oxcart's owner for being poor but it also shows significant responsibility entrusted to a child as well as suggesting the prevalence of child labor in Florida at the end of the 19th century. <br /> <br /> The publisher of this image was a Florida photographers' cooperative founded by Charles Seaver Jr. and George Pierron which sold views from the St. Augustine area in the 1870s and 1880s. From the location of the scene the photograph can be dated more precisely to 1879 or after. The Confederate Memorial Obelisk is clearly visible in the background. The 1872 obelisk was the first monument to the Lost Cause of the Confederacy erected in Florida. It was moved to the Plaza de la Constitución in 1879.<br /> <br /> Southern Gems series. Flat mount stereoview stereograph. Albumen silver print 6-1/8 by 3-5/32 inches. Letterpress caption affixed to the back verso. A near fine example with very minor nicks to the edge of the mount. The image is a copy image of the two original stereoview photographs printed as a single photograph. The image has good contrast and detail. The Florida Club unknown
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Withi hardcover
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Washington: GPO 1868. 31 pp issued as 40th Congress 2d Session HMD 114; light extraction roughness at spine light general age toning last few leaves have a line of damp staing at margin now in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: GPO, unknown
Chicago IL: Clason Map Company 1924. Fold-out map 29 cm x 22.5 cm housed in small printed tan wrappers 8.5 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left . Early Florida highway routes and trails are located: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Wrappers print an advertisement for the Daytona Beach development 'Daytona Highlands: Florida's Suburb of Hills and Lakes' which is located on the fold out map. "Inside the City Limits of Greater Daytona Beach a rapidly growing town of 20000 population." The Daytona Highlands development began in 1924. Clason Map Company unknown books
Chicago IL: Clason Map Company 1924. Fold-out map 42 cm x 32 cm housed in small printed tan wrappers 12 cm. Map is in nice condition. Early touring map of Florida. Index of larger cities at the foot with locating coordinates. Inset map of the Florida Panhandle at the lower left. Early Florida highway routes and trails are located: Atlantic Highway; Bee Line Highway; Dixie Highway; Florida Short Route; Lee-Jackson Highway; National Highway; Old Spanish Trail; Tamiami Trail; Woodpecker Route.<br/><br/>Wrappers print an advertisement for the Daytona Beach development 'Daytona Highlands: Florida's Suburb of Hills and Lakes' which is located on the fold out map. "A unique residential development of the highest type. Inside city limits. City water city lights finest asphalt paving. Highest restrictions. Highest elevation on Florida east coast. Excellent golf course." The Daytona Highlands development began in 1924. Clason Map Company unknown books
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