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    Historic Photos of Palm Beach County
    Historic Photos of Palm Beach County
    Historic Photos of Palm Beach County
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    Historic Photos of Palm Beach County

    By Seth H Bramson

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    Palm Beach is known all over the world as a place synonymous with the Good Life. Named for the beautiful beaches and trees lining the area, Palm Beach was first founded in 1909. As the epicenter of fashion for the elite social season, Palm Beach has attracted tourists and new residents alike for many years! For everyone from Hollywood stars to heads of state, from literary and artistic icons to millionaires and international business magnates, the allure of this lush area has been irresistible.

    The perfect coffee-table book, Historic Photos of Palm Beach contains nearly 200 photographs collected from Florida's top historic archives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateNov 16, 2007
    ISBN9781618586650
    Historic Photos of Palm Beach County
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    Seth H Bramson

    Seth Bramson is Miami's foremost local historian. He is America's single most-published Florida history book author, with sixteen of his twenty-two books dealing directly with the villages, towns, cities, counties, people and businesses of the South Florida Gold Coast. Bob Jensen retired in Homestead as a Navy Commander after serving 28 years. He served in Germany, the Philippines, the US Embassy in Cyprus, Iceland, and twice at the National Security Agency and at Naval Security Group Headquarters in Washington D.C.

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      Historic Photos of Palm Beach County - Seth H Bramson

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      PALM BEACH

      COUNTY

      TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY SETH H. BRAMSON

      With Florida’s then-ubiquitous coconut palms waving in the breeze, photographer Charles Barron captured this image of downtown West Palm Beach across Lake Worth early in 1960.

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      PALM BEACH

      COUNTY

      Turner Publishing Company

      200 4th Avenue North • Suite 950

      Nashville, Tennessee 37219

      (615) 255-2665

      www.turnerpublishing.com

      Historic Photos of Palm Beach County

      Copyright © 2007 Turner Publishing Company

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929607

      ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-402-6

      Printed in the United States of America

      09 10 11 12 13 14—0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

      CONTENTS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      PREFACE

      LITTLE MORE THAN A WILDERNESS TILL ’94 (1889–1899)

      THE ERA OF MR. FLAGLER (1900–1909)

      TWO NEW COUNTIES! (1910–1919)

      A DECADE BEGINS WITH A ROAR—AND ENDS WITH A LIMP (1920–1929)

      INTO THE DEPTHS OF DEPRESSION (1930–1939)

      A SLEEPING GIANT BEGINS TO AWAKEN (1940–1949)

      CHANGE IS IN THE AIR (1950–1959)

      AN AURA OF GREATNESS EMERGES (1960–1967)

      NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

      In 1898, the Chicago-based Little Chronicle Publishing Company produced a fine stereoscopic card showing one of the numerous pedicabs known as Afromobiles that would, by the Teens and 1920s, become ubiquitous in Palm Beach. A black driver pedaled passengers around town as they relaxed in their moving lounge chair.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This volume, Historic Photos of Palm Beach County, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:

      Collection of Seth H. Bramson

      Library of Congress

      State Archives of Florida

      PREFACE

      When one thinks of, speaks about, or writes the history of Palm Beach County, an appropriate reference is that wonderful line from the 1960s, What a trip. For the history of Palm Beach County is, at the very least, a true trip, in the ethereal—and certainly in the historical—sense.

      Palm Beach became its own county in 1909 but prior to that was part of what was then a much-larger Dade County. In fact, from 1889 until 1899—when the population of southern Dade County became large enough to return the county seat to the shores of Biscayne Bay—Juno, at the far north end of what was then Dade County (now Palm Beach County) was the county seat.

      Nowhere else in America was there a Celestial Railroad. The 7.5-mile Jupiter and Lake Worth Railroad running through Jupiter, Juno, Venus, and Mars opened in 1889. Oil magnate and railroad developer Henry Morrison Flagler put it out of business when he brought his own rail line into West Palm Beach five years later. He erected a home now considered one of the ten most magnificent private homes in America and built two of the most glorious winter resorts in the nation.

      Palm Beach County today is certainly more than just West Palm Beach or Palm Beach, although the former remains the county seat. It boasts innumerable first-class clubs and residential developments, beautifully maintained private homes, world-class tourist destinations, and numerous museums, art galleries, auditoriums, and concert venues. Home to the fastest-growing Jewish community in America, its population is nearing one-and-a-half million people.

      From Boca Raton and the Boca Raton Club on the south to Jupiter, Loxahatchee, and the PGA club and course in the north, Palm Beach County, with its fabled history, is a highly desirable destination for any Floridaphile, writer, or historian. The images on these pages capture the fascinating story of the county in a unique presentation.

      With the exception of touching up imperfections caused by the vicissitudes of time and cropping where necessary, no other changes have been made to the photographs in this book. The focus and clarity of many images is limited to the technology of the day and the skill of the photographer who captured them. Many will spark warm, personal memories for readers, while others provide a glimpse into an era long gone—when Florida East Coast Railway trains crossed Lake Worth to serve the super-rich resorting at the Breakers and the Royal Poinciana and a mule car operated between the two hotels, until the great 1925 fire destroyed the second Breakers. Palm Beach County is one of the most recognizable names and locations in the world. These are images of the people, places, buildings, and events that made it so.

      Shown on March 19, 1930, the venerable Royal Poinciana is nearly empty, made obsolete by newer, more modern, fireproof hotels, complete with amenities not even dreamed of when the RP was built. Sadly, the hotel would last only one more season, when it was ignominiously dismantled. Its furnishing and fixtures were sold for pennies on the dollar to any and all who had the money to buy them. Although the Breakers, the P. B. Biltmore, the Whitehall, and other properties would soldier on, the loss of the Poinciana was, in many ways, a bellwether of the changes being thrust upon Palm Beach.

      LITTLE MORE THAN A WILDERNESS TILL ’94

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