Dania, FL
March 8, 1946
Hello,
Just a line to say we having a grand time. We haven’t seen this tree but have seen lots of others like it. Went on Jungle Cruise yesterday. Irene saw an alligator in the water. Be good and say hello to the folks.
? Irene & Ruthie
Mr. Thomas Fairbanks
King St.
Groveland, Mass.
Irene saw an alligator. Thanks, Ruthie.
Long before Walt Disney World had it's jungle cruise, tourists would flock to places like this to take in the exotic and strange Florida landscape. And all the sights from the 1920's through the 1950's seemed to boast of their "million dollar" qualities. How a banyan tree got valued at 2 million dollars in Ft. Lauderdale is lost to the ages. Since Irene and Ruthie didn't provide their surnames, it is difficult to know whether they were passing through Dania, or were winter or permanent residents of the south Florida town.
As far as the Fairbanks, there is a Wayne Fairbanks living on King Street who serves on the Groveland Congregational Church's Church and Ministry Committee today (link broken-you can visit the church's website here.) His email address is listed, and I'll update this post if he knows of any connection between Ruthie and Irene and the Fairbanks family.
Irene saw an alligator. Thanks, Ruthie.
Long before Walt Disney World had it's jungle cruise, tourists would flock to places like this to take in the exotic and strange Florida landscape. And all the sights from the 1920's through the 1950's seemed to boast of their "million dollar" qualities. How a banyan tree got valued at 2 million dollars in Ft. Lauderdale is lost to the ages. Since Irene and Ruthie didn't provide their surnames, it is difficult to know whether they were passing through Dania, or were winter or permanent residents of the south Florida town.
As far as the Fairbanks, there is a Wayne Fairbanks living on King Street who serves on the Groveland Congregational Church's Church and Ministry Committee today (link broken-you can visit the church's website here.) His email address is listed, and I'll update this post if he knows of any connection between Ruthie and Irene and the Fairbanks family.
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