Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a well-known tourist destination whose very name evokes the image of a postcard. What is today one of Florida's largest cities was not always prized for its beautiful beaches and tropical climate. In the early 20th century, it was hailed as the "Gateway to the Everglades" and a "vegetable shipping capital." By the 1920s, Fort Lauderdale found itself at the very center of the phenomenal Florida land boom. Development and tourism became driving forces for the new economy-and there has been no looking back.
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Fort Lauderdale in Vintage Postcards presents over 200 postcards from the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society's impressive collection in an educational and entertaining chronological survey, covering the 1900s through the 1960s. Author Susan Gillis is a curatorial consultant and local historian. She served for many years as the Curator of Collections at the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. In 1999, Gillis co-authored Images of America: Fort Lauderdale, a history volume based on the historical society's extensive photographic collections, with Daniel T. Hobby. A native Floridian, she has lived most of her life in South Florida.
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I had to go to town this morning; a beautiful [town]- only 3 years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fort Lauderdale, Andrews Avenue, New River, Second Street, Southeast First Avenue, Sweet Building, Bahia Mar, Sunrise Boulevard, Wheeler Building, Francis Abreu, Port Everglades, Broward County, Gene Hyde Collection, Southeast Third Avenue, Birch Estates, Brickell Avenue, Broward Hotel, Croissant Park, Mid-Century Modern, North Atlantic Boulevard, Northeast Fourth Avenue, Spring Break, World War New!
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I had to go to town this morning; a beautiful [town]- only 3 years old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Fort Lauderdale, Andrews Avenue, New River, Second Street, Southeast First Avenue, Sweet Building, Bahia Mar, Sunrise Boulevard, Wheeler Building, Francis Abreu, Port Everglades, Broward County, Gene Hyde Collection, Southeast Third Avenue, Birch Estates, Brickell Avenue, Broward Hotel, Croissant Park, Mid-Century Modern, North Atlantic Boulevard, Northeast Fourth Avenue, Spring Break, World War New!
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