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Decades before Florida Man and Florida Woman were making bizarre headlines, the Sunshine State enjoyed an early, citrus-fueled, tourism boom. One of the byproducts of the influx of tourists was a mass of printed matter, including now-vintage guidebooks, posters, and photos, that helped sell Florida as an idyllic vacation spot to the rest of the world. The Tumblr Old Florida collects all kinds of early tourism artifacts, such as photos of Frank Sinatra doing bar tricks in Miami, to scenes from strange movie promotions involving mermaids, plus a ton of amusement park pamphlets. 

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