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Thomas Edison Visits the Casa Ybel Resort

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Thomas Edison visits at Casa Ybel Resort in the early 1900s. Edison visited Sanibel often, and examined many of the plants on the island for possible economic application.
Title: Thomas Edison Visits the Casa Ybel Resort.
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Type of Resource: still image
Issuance: single unit
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Summary: Thomas Edison visits at Casa Ybel Resort in the early 1900s. Edison visited Sanibel often, and examined many of the plants on the island for possible economic application.
Identifier: SW00001937 (IID), 49622 (digitool), fgcu:22031 (fedora)
Note(s): Originally digitized by Southwest Florida Library Network as part of the Digitizing Southwest Florida Heritage Project and PALMM Project, 2004 in collaboration with the Sanibel Public Library. Project was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
Subject(s): Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847 -- 1931
Sanibel Island (Fla.) -- History
Sanibel (Fla.)
Captiva Island (Fla.)
Casa Ybel Resort
cottages
branch chair
Held by: Sanibel Public Library, Sanibel Island, Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/ic/SW00001937
Use and Reproduction: All rights reserved. Material may be used only for research, educational, legal and non-commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of DigitalFGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University Library and the Sanibel Public Library.
Host Institution: FGCU