1918 Nat Ballantyne with Auto Group

1918 Nat Ballantyne back left, on Auto Trip to Deland

Seems a bit strange that only Nat is wearing a light colored suit, if this auto party is traveling in July in Florida.  Did read that Deland, known as "the Athens of Florida" and the home of Stetson University, opened a new train station in 1918, to encourage travelers from the northeast to visit.

From Take the Highway: Crosswords Series - Deland, Florida

• In 1918, DeLand built its own train station on New York Avenue a few minutes west of town.  The station is located on what it now Old New York Avenue; old but charming and still maintaining the rural character it’s had for the past 98 years.  The station is built among the trees, complete with a dirt parking lot, and hardly a house or building in sight.  Today, the DeLand station serves as an Amtrak passenger train stop.