Field Notebook: Florida. 1935, 1936
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Sarasota, Saturday, Jun. 26 -1930 Took a local bus to the Ringling- Barnum Circus grounds home. It's 3 1/2 miles East of Sarasota, and occupies 500 acres. Busy cold day; the elephants and horses could not be seen. Then took the same bus to the Ringling Art Museum. 3 1/2 miles N. of the city. This Art Mus. is one of the greatest in the world, and contains all of old masters beginning with Rubens. In this art it re- calls the Metropolitan of N.Y., but then little else. The building is very fine and ornate. The garden between the two wings is superb and is replete with bronze and old fountains. This art museum is the most striking drama structure of Florida. Of the Ringling's four homes two are on either side of the museum.