School truck at Atwood Groves. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng The arrival of the automobile, with trucks and school buses, spelled the end of the one-room rural school throughout Florida. Here is an early school bus, called a school truck, picking up riders at the Atwood Grapefruit Grove, located on the Manatee River between Palmetto and Ellenton. Kimbal C. Atwood's Atwood Grove was, in its time, the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with 100 one-mile-long rows of trees, thus making 100 miles of grapefruit. The arrival of the automobile, with trucks and school buses, spelled the end of the one-room rural school throughout Florida. Here is an early school bus, called a school truck, picking up riders at the Atwood Grapefruit Grove, located on the Manatee River between Palmetto and Ellenton. Kimbal C. Atwood's Atwood Grove was, in its time, the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with 100 one-mile-long rows of trees, thus making 100 miles of grapefruit. Atwood Grapefruit Groves United States Florida--Manatee County--Ellenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
School truck at Atwood Groves.
University of South Florida Tampa Library
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The arrival of the automobile, with trucks and school buses, spelled the end of the one-room rural school throughout Florida. Here is an early school bus, called a school truck, picking up riders at the Atwood Grapefruit Grove, located on the Manatee River between Palmetto and Ellenton. Kimbal C. Atwood's Atwood Grove was, in its time, the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with 100 one-mile-long rows of trees, thus making 100 miles of grapefruit.
The arrival of the automobile, with trucks and school buses, spelled the end of the one-room rural school throughout Florida. Here is an early school bus, called a school truck, picking up riders at the Atwood Grapefruit Grove, located on the Manatee River between Palmetto and Ellenton. Kimbal C. Atwood's Atwood Grove was, in its time, the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with 100 one-mile-long rows of trees, thus making 100 miles of grapefruit.
Atwood Grapefruit Groves
United States
Florida--Manatee County--Ellenton
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection