South Florida: Refuge from the Winter

 

Especially during winter months, these pamphlets allured Northerners to travel down to the land of palms and sunshine where winter was turned into summer. Illustrations of a city encapsulated with royal palms tugged on snowbirds seeking refuge from the cold.

 

Miami Beach Florida
Miami by the sea:the land of palms and sunshine. 1921. 21 x 24 cm.
Miami Beach on the ocean front
Miami by the sea:the land of palms and sunshine. 1923. 21 x 24 cm.
Miami Beach Florida
Miami by the sea:the land of palms and sunshine. 1925. 21 x 23 cm.
Miami Beach Florida
Miami by the sea:the land of palms and sunshine. 1926. 21 x 24 cm.

 

All images from the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

 


Curated by Angie Soto and Jim Cusick
Designed by Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler