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Story December 10, 1931

The Brooksville Journal

Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida

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The fourth annual Florida Orange Festival opens January 26, 1932, in Winter Haven, Florida, with expanded citrus and industrial exhibits, anticipating large attendance and national promotion of the citrus industry.

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ORANGE FESTIVAL AT WINTER HAVEN

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A N EXPOSITION more comprehensive than ever in its displays of citrus fruit and citrus products as well as in the scope of its industrial and commercial exhibits is assured the thousands of Floridians and tourists whose eyes are already turned toward the fourth annual Florida Orange Festival, which will open in Winter Haven on the morning of Tuesday, January 26, 1932, for a five days' run.

The Florida Orange Festival, which in 1929 was attended by slightly over 49,000 persons and which in its third year had gone to an attendance of 69,326 actually clocked at the main entrance, will again present the greatest display of citrus fruit and citrus products ever assembled in Florida and will serve as a medium of presenting the state's greatest industry to thousands, in a way calculated to bring citrus culture to the attention of the entire country through news stories and pictures released through the Associated Press and other news agencies.

What sub-type of article is it?

Historical Event

What themes does it cover?

Triumph

What keywords are associated?

Orange Festival Winter Haven Citrus Displays Florida Industry

Where did it happen?

Winter Haven, Florida

Story Details

Location

Winter Haven, Florida

Event Date

January 26, 1932

Story Details

The fourth annual Florida Orange Festival will open in Winter Haven for five days, featuring comprehensive displays of citrus fruit, products, industrial, and commercial exhibits, expected to attract thousands and promote the state's citrus industry nationwide.

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