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Jacksonville BeachEntry/Object ID
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127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Jacksonville Beach by Maggie FitzRoy, Taryn Rodriguez-Boette, and Beaches Museum & History Park.
Contents: Pablo Beach -- Lifeguards -- Residents and visitors -- Schools -- Storms -- Boardwalk and piers -- Wars -- Driving on the beach -- Buildings and businesses -- Beach scenes.
Summary: As a northeast Florida seaside resort, Jacksonville Beach began as the dream of some businessmen in nearby Jacksonville in the 1880s. From the beginning, it was a place people came to have fun. The earliest visitors arrived by ferry and train and even by plane, landing on the beach. The first narrow-gauge railroad ran from Jacksonville to what is now the foot of Beach Boulevard in the heart of town, originally named Ruby and then Pablo Beach. In the 1920s, when Florida was experiencing a land boom, some local businessmen pushed to change the name to Jacksonville Beach to attract more tourists, investors, and full-time residents. For many decades, Jacksonville Beach was known as "the world's finest beach." People came to enjoy its boardwalk and roller coasters, as well as the ability to drive on the beach, dance on the pier, swim, fish, and later surf. From the beginning, they took pictures of their grand adventures, which can be seen in the pages of this book... Publisher
Photos include: General Francis Elias Spinner poses in 1885 by his tent compound called Camp Josephine -- Perkins House boardinghouse at North First Street -- Trotters Dance Pavilion -- First schoolhouse located on Palmetto Avenue -- First mayor was Henry M. Shockley -- Bull Express transportation -- Anna Purcel -- Ocean Valley Hotel -- Army Lieutenant James Doolittle in 1922 about to fly to San Diego -- US Volunteer Life-Saving Corps Station no.1 -- Neil Brock-- Women's Life Saving Corps -- Ernest Porter -- Ruby Scull -- Eleanor Scull -- William Scull -- Rhoda L. Martin, former slave, early resident -- Mary Perkins -- Palmetto Lodge employees -- Garden Circle members -- Lonita Foster's dance school -- Weimer's Lodge -- Harry Sistrunk -- A.G. Penman -- Four mayors -- Rex Sweat reelection -- Original Pablo Beach school -- Jacksonville Beach School no. 50 -- Fletcher High School under construction in 1937-- School for Colored Children no. 144 -- Hurricane Dora -- Jacksonville Beach boardwalk -- Spanish-American War soldiers in Pablo Beach -- John Gilbert with Franklin no.15 won trophy racing on beach -- Shockly's Pavilion -- Hotel Pablo -- Ocean View Hotel -- Casa Marina Hotel -- First Baptist Church -- Beach Methodist Church -- Bennett's Drugstore -- Weimers Lodge.Collection
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Jacksonville Beach (Fla.) -- History.Publication Details
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FitzRoy, Maggie., Rodriguez-Boette, Taryn.Publisher
Arcadia PublishingPlace Published
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Charleston, South CarolinaCall No.
F 319 .J2 F5 2013ISBN
146711037x