Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions
Today, we're familiar with the major theme parks which charge families hundreds of dollars a day to wait in line for moments of thrills on technologically amazing rides. Florida, however, has been drawing tourists for centuries with simpler attractions which cost much less to view the animals or exhibits, or commune with nature. In Historic Photos of Florida Early Tourist Attractions, Steve Rajtar brings us back to the simpler ways early visitors enjoyed their time in the Sunshine State.
Tour the state with photos of the tourist attractions which were here before Walt Disney World, in the days when a row of antique cars sufficed and tourists did not require constant action. See the wax figures which amazed visitors long before the invention of audioanimatronic mannequins. See what curiosities brought in the tourists and their dollars decades before today's theme parks dominated the billboards and themselves became worldwide vacation destinations.
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Book details
- Author
- Steve Rajtar
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Travel › United States - Topics
- Florida history · historical photography · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · pre-Disney Florida · local history · travel and tourism
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369943
About the author
STEVE RAJTAR is an American attorney and historian who has written more than 20 books focused on Florida history. His recent books include Historic Photos of Tampa in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Historic Photos of Florida Ghost Towns and Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions.
Rajtar holds degrees in mathematics, anthropology, law, and taxation from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida, and has practiced law in Florida since 1979. He has received multiple Boy Scouts of America honors, including the Silver Beaver Award in 1995.
When not writing, Rajtar has established over 150 historical tour routes through Central Florida communities, work that connects directly to his focus on Florida’s local and regional history.
Steve lives in Orlando, Florida.