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Author: Jacksonville Historical Society Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738506838 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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The Great Fire of May 3, 1901 marked at once the end and the beginning of the City of Jacksonville. A thriving port and a center for business and tourism until that point, Jacksonville was devastated by the conflagration, and yet, even before the ashes had cooled, a building boom began. Prominent and aspiring architects flocked to the area and the opportunities it afforded them to create a "twentieth century city." Jacksonville's ensuing era of reconstruction and growth, which would continue until the United States entered World War I in 1917, helped to define the city's present personality and appearance.
Author: Jacksonville Historical Society Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738506838 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
The Great Fire of May 3, 1901 marked at once the end and the beginning of the City of Jacksonville. A thriving port and a center for business and tourism until that point, Jacksonville was devastated by the conflagration, and yet, even before the ashes had cooled, a building boom began. Prominent and aspiring architects flocked to the area and the opportunities it afforded them to create a "twentieth century city." Jacksonville's ensuing era of reconstruction and growth, which would continue until the United States entered World War I in 1917, helped to define the city's present personality and appearance.
Author: Donald D. Spencer Publisher: ISBN: 9780892183302 Category : Jacksonville (Fla.) Languages : en Pages : 0
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Jacksonville, as it was in the early 1900s, is brought to life through vintage postcards reflecting the many-faceted personality of the city. From Hemming Park, a favorite gathering place where early 1900s tourists and townspeople enjoyed afternoon strolls in the warm winter sunshine, to oceanliners and steamboats on the St. Johns River, the selection of picture postcards augmented by captions crammed with fascinating information, provides a delightful glimpse into the past.
Author: Donald D. Spencer Publisher: Schiffer Publishing ISBN: 9780764329586 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Jacksonville, a gateway to Florida by air, land, and sea, has enjoyed a rich past. 400 colour images trace Jacksonville's roots. Named in honour of President Andrew Jackson, it became a favourite winter resort. This book will be treasured by historians and tourists alike, and provides a good resource for postcard collectors.
Author: Robin Chapman Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439629897 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 128
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The perfume of the orange blossoms . . . the beauty of every scene, combine to make me wonder whether I am not in Paradise, wrote one visitor to Winter Park, Florida, in 1918. Just five miles north of Orlando, Winter Parks oak-lined brick streets and its quiet lakes have been attracting visitors since the late 19th century, when U.S. president Chester A. Arthur declared, This is the prettiest spot I have seen in Florida. The New Englandlike city in the heart of the subtropics was once home to the Seminole Hotel, the largest resort south of Jacksonville. In 1885, prestigious Rollins College was founded here, the first institution of higher learning in Florida.
Author: Joseph M. Lee, III Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738554204 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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In the early 1900s, America was swept up in the postcard craze. All over the country, people seized on these charming snapshots of life as a means of keeping in touch with friends and family, as well as seeing strange and exciting parts of the world.
Author: Marjorie G. McNinch Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738506470 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
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Situated strategically in the midst of such large urban centers as Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City, the city of Wilmington, Delaware, boasts its own unique character as well as a fascinating and continuously evolving history that has spanned more than 350 years. Officially chartered in 1832, this determined community has steadily developed a prosperous business economy--fueled in earlier times by the demands of war and more recently by a liberal tax structure--as well as a dynamic residential life for the thousands who make Wilmington home.
Author: Randall Gabrielan Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738549545 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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Jersey City in Vintage Postcards features selected postcard images, some actual photographs, that depict Jersey Cityas early-twentieth-century rise as one of the Northeastas great urban areas. Many of the views seen here remained intact into the 1940s and 1950s. More than two hundred thirty postcards and photographs, organized geographically, also suggest an evolving Jersey City, while well researched captions describe the changing cityscape.
Author: Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738517780 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
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Plant City is an ever-growing small community in Central Florida incorporated as a town in 1885. Now famous as the winter strawberry capital of the world, Plant City boasts three historic districts and five individual sites listed locally and on the National Register of Historic Sites. This volume includes more than 150 postcards from the collection of The Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center of the East Hillsborough Historical Society, relating the pictorial history of this town from generations past to present. Images of businesses, churches, people, and schools tell the story of Plant City's growth and development, while those of hotels, motels, cabins, and tourist homes showcase where residents and visitors stayed while enjoying Plant City.
Author: Christine P. Crews Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781533538123 Category : Languages : en Pages : 118
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Postcards became popular at the turn of the 20th Century for sending greetings to relatives and friends, and from its beginning St. Petersburg, Florida has been a favorite tourist destination famed for its perpetual sunshine pulling people to the community as an ideal place to live. With this fascinating new book St. Pete native, Christine P. Crews, presents an informative narrative that showcases more than one hundred vintage postcard images and messages from St. Pete as these vintage postcards survive as telling reminders of an important era in Florida's heritage.
Author: Patricia Kennedy Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738506432 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
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In the brief 100 years since its inception, Miami, which began its life on the shores of the Miami River, has been transformed into an international city that continues to blossom under the warm South Florida sun. Home to just 30,000 pioneering souls in 1920, the greater Miami area has grown to be 2.1 million residents strong and boasts a unique heritage made up of grand hotels and skyscrapers, aviation and marine history, as well as famous people and places.
Author: Jacksonville Historical Society
Author: Jacksonville Historical Society
Author: Donald D. Spencer
Author: Donald D. Spencer
Author: Robin Chapman
Author: Joseph M. Lee, III
Author: Marjorie G. McNinch
Author: Randall Gabrielan
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Author: Christine P. Crews
Author: Patricia Kennedy