[Florida]: [Lake View Hotel], c1909. The present issue is undated, but it does state in the text that electricity was added in the summer of 1909. Near Fine Stapled Wraps.

Gray stapled wrappers printed white, with large oval cut into front wrapper to reveal a photo of the hotel. [32] pp., including 6 pp. of text, the remainder containing halftones from photographs, 1 per page. 5.75 by 7.75 inches (14.9 by19.8 cm). Near fine with only a spot on the “G” of Leesburg and a hint of age-toning as flaws.

Near Fine. Item #16034

Scarce promotional brochure made up primarily of pictures, ranging from orange groves to alligators, with much hunting and fishing in between. The text is conversational and extolls the virtues of the hotel, staff and the owner. (“The servants are all trained Northern Help, polite and courteous)

OCLC locates one later copy of a similar brochure located in the State Library of Florida, with the title indicating "7th season, 1912-1913." [entry 19890821]

The hotel was built around 1885 by Edward H. Mote and General Davis Tillson. Leesburg is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan area in Central East Coast Florida

Price: $595.00