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S. W. Kross & Co., n.d. [ca. 1923]. Octavo, paperbound (stapled, photo. illus. wrappers), 14 pp. Promotional booklet with 24 photographs of Tampa. ca. 1920s. “Tampa uniquely combines the charms of a semi-tropical resort city with the hustle and industry of a commercial seaport city. It is located on Hillsboro Bay, 35 miles from the open sea, the Gulf of Mexico. This splendid harbor affords a sheltered anchorage for vessels coming from almost every country. Ocean liners operating from Tampa, reach important ports in many parts of the world. Numerous smaller steamers afford comfortable transportation to nearby points. Its prominent location as a port, becoming the nearest available port in the United States to the Panama Canal, and the 27 feet of deep channels have been the reasons for increased tonnage from year to year. More phosphate is shipped from Tampa, than any other port in the world, being the shipping outlet for that South Florida section which is conceded by geologists to have 52… Leer más

N.P.: n.p., 1922. Stapled pictorial paperwraps. A promotional brochure with 1pp. of text & 12pp. of chromo-litho. scenes of the city. Very good.