Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale
In less than one hundred years, Fort Lauderdale grew from a wilderness stagecoach stop and trading post to become one of America's favorite tourist destinations and the seat of government for Florida's second-most-populous county.
Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale captures the story of that remarkable growth, through striking black and white photographs carefully selected from the finest collections. In these pages are seldom-seen images of a dramatic past: the Seminoles, early residents of the tropical wilderness; the arrival of railroads and the growth of tourism; farmers and their crops; and the creation of canals and roads and airfields.
From the days of wooden stores and empty beaches to the era of high-rises and Spring Break crowds, through hurricanes, wars, and times of boom-and-bust, Historic Photos of Fort Lauderdale tells the story of the "Venice of America," presented in a unique collection of never-to-be-gotten images.
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Book details
- Author
- Susan Gillis
- 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)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Florida history · pictorial history · black-and-white photography · local history · Seminole history · tourism history · urban development
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369905
About the author
SUSAN GILLIS is a historian and museum curator with more than fifty years of experience as a curator and consultant to historical museums and cultural agencies. Her books include Boomtime Boca: Boca Raton in the 1920s, Broward County: The Photography of Gene Hyde and Fort Lauderdale: The Venice of America.
Gillis has received awards from the American Association for State and Local History, the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, and the Broward County Historical Commission. She holds a B.A. in History and Anthropology from the College of William & Mary and an M.A. in Anthropology and Museum Studies from the University of Denver.
Gillis has served as curator of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and joined the Boca Raton Historical Society as curator in 2002, with earlier work including a tenure at the Colorado Historical Society.
Susan lives in Oakland Park, in Broward County.