January 9, 1947
Lakeland, Fla.
922 E. Lime St.
Dear Friends- You should load your car with eggs and come down. 75¢ a doz. And they are shipped from Kansas. Has been unusually warm ever since we came down.
Gilmore (?) called one afternoon also Dr. and Mrs. Shepard
The Bilbraughs
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Leary
Remus, Mich
American Poultry Journal
WLS Chicago
The Florida Hotel in Lakeland, FL was built during Florida's land boom, opening in 1926 before the interior was fully completed. The 9 story building quickly closed, and was re-christened as the New Florida Hotel in 1935, staying open until the early 1960's, when it became a senior center. It has been restored into an apartment building that retains much of its historic character.
Remus, Michigan is a small community 76 miles west of Saginaw. In 1907, the residents formed a Creamery Cooperative, and the town website has many more historic photos of the town in the middle of Michigan's lower peninsula.
The Bilbroughs were possible permanent residents of Lakeland, as indicated by a 1971 death listing and a 1972 Lakeland Ledger public notice executing the estate of a George Bilbrough. Even though the house at 922 Lime St. seems to exist, no property records show up for the address at the Polk County Porperty Appraiser's website. A search for Dr. and Mrs. Shepard turns up no information, but there is a Shepard Road in Lakeland, with the same spelling, so perhaps the street was named for the Bilbrough's esteemed guests.
A William Leary is mentioned as a surviving brother in this 1967 obituary for a Mrs. Myrtie Beckwith. The Internet Archive and Google Books have digitized several editions of the American Poultry Journal from the 1880's to the 1950's, but nothing authored by a William Leary appears. According to this thepeoplehistory.com, the price of eggs in New Jersey was 64 cents, so perhaps the capitalistic Bilbroughs had some good advice for their northern friends, if only they could get a hold of a refrigerated truck to combat the 73 degree weather back then.
The Florida Hotel in Lakeland, FL was built during Florida's land boom, opening in 1926 before the interior was fully completed. The 9 story building quickly closed, and was re-christened as the New Florida Hotel in 1935, staying open until the early 1960's, when it became a senior center. It has been restored into an apartment building that retains much of its historic character.
Remus, Michigan is a small community 76 miles west of Saginaw. In 1907, the residents formed a Creamery Cooperative, and the town website has many more historic photos of the town in the middle of Michigan's lower peninsula.
The Bilbroughs were possible permanent residents of Lakeland, as indicated by a 1971 death listing and a 1972 Lakeland Ledger public notice executing the estate of a George Bilbrough. Even though the house at 922 Lime St. seems to exist, no property records show up for the address at the Polk County Porperty Appraiser's website. A search for Dr. and Mrs. Shepard turns up no information, but there is a Shepard Road in Lakeland, with the same spelling, so perhaps the street was named for the Bilbrough's esteemed guests.
A William Leary is mentioned as a surviving brother in this 1967 obituary for a Mrs. Myrtie Beckwith. The Internet Archive and Google Books have digitized several editions of the American Poultry Journal from the 1880's to the 1950's, but nothing authored by a William Leary appears. According to this thepeoplehistory.com, the price of eggs in New Jersey was 64 cents, so perhaps the capitalistic Bilbroughs had some good advice for their northern friends, if only they could get a hold of a refrigerated truck to combat the 73 degree weather back then.
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