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Vintage Travel Brochures


Open rain or shine

18 Jul 2011 120
Vintage travel brochure from the 1950's for the Tunnel of Fantasy, formerly called the Atomic Tunnel and located south of Daytona Beach, Florida.

Monkeys run wild!

18 Jul 2011 125
More common versions of this vintage advertising card for the Monkey Jungle feature the gorilla, Bulu, but the costumed chimps add an extra element of kitsch all the same.

Bring your camera

18 Jul 2011 1 174
Ross Allen demonstrates his snake venom-milking technique on this vintage travel brochure for Ross Allen's Reptile Institute at Silver Springs, Florida. Circa 1950's.

Cars of Yesterday

18 Jul 2011 120
Vintage travel brochure for Horn's Cars of Yesterday roadside attraction in Sarasota, Florida. In my experience, this version with the "music box arcade" inset is quite a bit scarcer than other versions.

Chimps on the move

18 Jul 2011 128
This vintage travel brochure from the defunct roadside attraction, The Chimp Farm, tauts their move to a new location at Lake Wales, Florida - whether or not they ever made it, I don't know.

Fascinating and terrific

18 Jul 2011 137
Vintage travel brochure from the 1950's for Florida's defunct Sea Zoo, which was located just south of Daytona Beach.

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01 May 2009 152
Vintage travel brochure from the Colorado Dude Ranch Association, with a brief description and map of thirty central Colorado ranches. Circa 1940's.

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16 Nov 2008 119
This vintage travel brochure for excursions around Manhattan got the full-blown patriotic treatment - a red, white, and blue palette; vignettes of servicemen; and Lady Liberty to boot!

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21 Nov 2008 130
This 1960 travel brochure deserved its bold and festive treatment, based on its destination - post-Castro Havana before the embargo!

Olympic loop

21 Aug 2012 1 213
Vintage travel brochure for Washington state's Olympic Park loop bus tours.

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26 Apr 2008 133
A vintage travel brochure for the perfectly kitsch 1000 Animals roadside attraction in the Adirondack area. Probably 1960's.

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26 Apr 2008 131
A vintage travel brochure for the perfectly kitsch 1000 Animals roadside attraction in the Adirondack area. Probably 1960's.

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26 Apr 2008 110
A vintage travel brochure for the perfectly kitsch 1000 Animals roadside attraction in the Adirondack area. Probably 1960's.

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26 Apr 2008 126
A detail of the facade from a vintage travel brochure for the perfectly kitsch 1000 Animals roadside attraction in the Adirondack area. Probably 1960's.

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24 Apr 2008 100
A vintage travel brochure for Colorado's Petrified Forest touts, among other virtues, the world's largest petrified stump and a petrified rock fireplace.

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24 Apr 2008 107
A vintage travel brochure for Colorado's Petrified Forest touts, among other virtues, the world's largest petrified stump and a petrified rock fireplace. The ranchstead itself looks fairly rustic and inviting.

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18 Nov 2008 134
Vintage travel brochure for Uncle Sam's sightseeing boat cruises out of Miami Beach, Florida. See the Everglades, or perhaps opt for Millionaires Row.

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18 Nov 2008 153
Vintage travel brochure for America Wonderland, one of many roadside attractions in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

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