Remembering St. Petersburg
Founded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town, St. Petersburg quickly emerged as the "Sunshine City,” a preferred gulf-coast destination for Americans seeking Florida’s sun, sand, and surf.
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of St. Petersburg, Andrew N. Edel provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of St. Petersburg. The images collected in Remembering St. Petersburg combine to form a remarkable portrait of this unique community. Among numerous subjects key to the city’s past are an early Mirror Lake, the Detroit Hotel, the Million Dollar Pier, the Snell Arcade, shuffleboard courts, Whitted Airport, Festival of States parades, the Orange Belt Railway, and of course, the famous green benches.
Spanning two centuries and more than 100 stunning black-and-white images, the book follows the building of this history-rich city, offering a compelling look into the past for any longtime resident and every history buff of St. Petersburg.
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Book details
- Author
- Andrew Edel
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- St. Petersburg, Florida · local history · historic photography · Florida tourism history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · Gulf Coast cities
- ISBN-13
- 9781683368861
About the author
ANDREW N. EDEL is a retired twenty-year Air Force veteran and independent research historian whose books include Remembering Tallahassee, Remembering St. Petersburg and Historic Photos of St. Petersburg.
Edel holds a Master of Administration in Public History from Florida State University and has held positions as Archivist of the Supreme Court of Florida, interpretive program specialist at the Historic Capitol Museum, and ranger and lighthouse historian at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. He has served as President of the Tallahassee Historical Society.
When he’s not writing, Edel works as an independent research historian for museum exhibits, including projects for Florida State Parks, the Florida Department of State, and the Supreme Court of Florida. This work in public history and archival research underpins his books on Florida’s past.
Andrew lives in Jacksonville, Florida.