"Sight Seeing Trailer Train, St. Augustine, Florida," circa 1950
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St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1950
Subject Date
circa 1950
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Florida, Saint Augustine
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Creator Notes
Published by Florida Souvenir Co., St. Augustine, Florida; printed by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.9.1.1510
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in (folded)
Width: 5.5 in (folded)
Inscriptions
On front of postcard: SIGHT SEEING TRAILER TRAIN, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA On back of postcard: The new and the old meet in St. Augustine. / Pictured at the City Gates is the Trailer Train / that entertains scores of people daily with its / comfortable and well conducted sightseeing tour of / the Nation's Oldest City.