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October 1, 1938
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
A diorama of Florida's Overseas Highway, showcasing a 170-mile automobile sea route to Key West, is being built in DeLand for the New York World's Fair. It features fluorescent lighting for colorful Gulf waters, a drawbridge, leaping mullet, and resting birds like a white pelican.
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COLORS, ACTION IN KEY WEST DIORAMA
(Special to The Citizen)
DeLAND, Oct. 1.-That Florida is the only place in the United States where one may travel 170 miles straight out to sea in an automobile is illustrated in a diorama of the Overseas Highway now being constructed in the Florida National Exhibits Studios for the New York World's Fair.
Through the arches of the curving highway's skyline of Key West may be seen. The section used shows the original railroad bed as widened by engineers to 20 ramify.
Under the highway flows the transparent water of the Gulf, great flooded with ultramarine blue and magenta.
This unusual coloring in the diorama has been achieved by fluorescent lighting.
A draw-bridge in the highway opens to let fishing boats, yachts and sailboats pass through.
In the foreground a school of mullet leaps from the water. Where land touches the Gulf the birds of the Florida Keys come to rest. One of them, a large white pelican, sits at the base of a palm, looking boldly at the spectator.
(Special to The Citizen)
DeLAND, Oct. 1.-That Florida is the only place in the United States where one may travel 170 miles straight out to sea in an automobile is illustrated in a diorama of the Overseas Highway now being constructed in the Florida National Exhibits Studios for the New York World's Fair.
Through the arches of the curving highway's skyline of Key West may be seen. The section used shows the original railroad bed as widened by engineers to 20 ramify.
Under the highway flows the transparent water of the Gulf, great flooded with ultramarine blue and magenta.
This unusual coloring in the diorama has been achieved by fluorescent lighting.
A draw-bridge in the highway opens to let fishing boats, yachts and sailboats pass through.
In the foreground a school of mullet leaps from the water. Where land touches the Gulf the birds of the Florida Keys come to rest. One of them, a large white pelican, sits at the base of a palm, looking boldly at the spectator.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Overseas Highway
Key West Diorama
New York Worlds Fair
Fluorescent Lighting
Gulf Waters
Fishing Boats
Mullet School
White Pelican
Where did it happen?
Key West, Florida; Deland, Florida
Story Details
Location
Key West, Florida; Deland, Florida
Event Date
Oct. 1
Story Details
Diorama illustrates Florida's unique 170-mile Overseas Highway over sea, using original railroad bed widened, with fluorescent-lit Gulf waters in blue and magenta, drawbridge for boats, leaping mullet, and resting Florida Keys birds including a white pelican.