I had lots of fun going through a big package of vintage tourist brochures and listing them! I am always happy to find these vintage brochures, especially 1950's to 1960's vintage. They make me happy because I remember fun family vacations during my childhood (a bit later, 1960's to 1970's), and I suspect other people feel the same way! The ones I just found from Florida are so neat that I had to share a few photos. Some of the attractions featured include:
- Lightner Museum of Hobbies in St. Augustine, Florida
- The Oldest House, St. Augustine, Florida
- Potter's Wax Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not, St. Augustine, Florida
- Chimp Farm, Dania, Florida
- Sea Zoo, Daytona, Florida
- See Rock City, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Florida
- Florida's Finest Attractions - especially nice 1955 brochure
- St. Augustine's Mystery House, Florida
- The Great Masterpiece, Lake Wales, Florida
How is that for a dream retro Florida vacation? If you could add in the Weeki Wachee Mermaids and Silver Springs with the glass bottom boats, you would be in retro travel heaven!
Here are a few of my brochures - I have about 100 more to list.
3 comments:
Oh, Trish, these are awesome, I never knew Sea World was called Sea Zoo - or is that a totally different place? Very cool!
Thanks, Kat! I wasn't sure about Sea World and Sea Zoo and looked it up. There is a neat page of closed amusement parks and tourist attractions at http://www.lostparks.com/thelist.html. Evidently Sea Zoo was a separate attraction and closed long ago. I love looking at the old brochures!
Wow, Trish, never would have found that website - very cool and thank you for checking it out!
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