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Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1930s. Show all posts
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Fort Lauderdale and the seasonal sweep of the city broom

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By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale was image conscious from its earliest days. Preparing for winter season visitors with clean-up squads was a c...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

Lauderdale Beach Hotel: 1930s, in WWII ... and what remains today

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Lauderdale Beach Hotel circa 1937 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Built in 1937, the Lauderdale Beach Hotel was one of the two largest...
Friday, January 8, 2021

Snapshot: Fort Lauderdale during the Great Depression

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Federal aid to community development 1933 Fort Lauderdale Florida State Archives Fort Lauderdale experienced a devastating hurricane and lan...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Fort Lauderdale's second judge, Fred Shippey: "new fangled" gambling, a house preserved, and Johnny Weissmuller

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Shippey House restored        220 SW 3rd Ave Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 By Jane Feehan A piece of old Fort Lauderdale, the Shippey House, was...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Fort Lauderdale's first restaurant, first tamales and top character

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By Jane Feehan One story, a true one about early Fort Lauderdale, often crosses my mind as a terrific opening scene of a movie. A d...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Sears story in Fort Lauderdale didn't begin with Searstown

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Andrews Avenue 1939 Florida State Archives/ Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Sears, Roebuck and Company, founded in 1886, has had its ups and...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Whaling off Fort Lauderdale ... a gruesome tale

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Beached whales in Florida 1908 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan When most of us think about whale watching, Alaska and Cabo San L...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Stranahan Park: Of Indian burial mounds and shuffleboard

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Shuffleboard 1946 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory 10 E. Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 By Jane Feehan Shuffleboard...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

WFTL and RH Gore - Afloat in the Venice of America

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By Jane Feehan Radio station WFTL, the first in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County has had a series of owners closely associate...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Las Olas Boulevard opens to Fort Lauderdale beach, its future

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Las Olas Boulevard, circa 1930 Florida State Archives/Romer By Jane Feehan T hanks to the foresight of Fort Lauderdale founders Frank Stra...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Whence the name Fort Liquordale?

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By Jane Feehan Some link the rollicking Spring Break days on Fort Lauderdale beach in the 1960s and 70s with the city’s nickname, “...