Pages

▼
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1940s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1940s. Show all posts
Friday, July 5, 2024

Sailboat Bend, Fort Lauderdale's only neighborhood deemed a historic district

›
    By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale’s Sailboat Bend, once known as the “West Side,” was designated a historic district in 1992. It is the fir...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Edgar Gould, his island off Las Olas and a new page in Fort Lauderdale history

›
Plans drawn for development - 1940 Courtesy of Debbie Gould Tucker By Jane Feehan Edgar Davis Gould’s purchase of a swampy, mangrove-covered...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach: exclusive then and now

›
  Harbor Beach circa 1980 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory/Steinmetz By Jane Feehan According to some news accounts, the first Fort Lau...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Bahia Mar: "more business, publicity to Fort Lauderdale than any other man-made attraction"

›
  Bahia Mar circa 1960s, Florida State Archives/Florida Memory Bahia Mar 801 Seabreeze Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 By Jane Feehan ...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Broward County Defenses in WWII: of rationing and volunteering

›
By Jane Feehan The focus of  Broward County war relief efforts for England shifted to defense activities after Pearl Harbor. Three weeks aft...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Fort Lauderdale draft in World War II

›
By Jane Feehan A notice posted in the  Fort Lauderdale Times  (Apr. 22, 1942) about where men ages 45-65 would --not  could-- register for n...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

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

›
Lauderdale Beach Hotel circa 1937 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Built in 1937, the Lauderdale Beach Hotel was one of the two largest...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Fort Lauderdale's Beachgoer Stats 1940s

›
  Fort Lauderdale Beach 1944 Florida State Archive/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan During the 1940s it was easier to capture and publicize the...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Fort Lauderdale's lion-breeding pit (think Gateway)

›
Clyde Beatty at his Fort Lauderdale Jungle Zoo, circa 1945 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan The site of present-day Gate...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Fort Lauderdale counts how many hotels, schools, churches and banks in 1941?

›
Fort Lauderdale circa 1940 Florida State Archives/Florida Memories The Fort Lauderdale Daily News (November 24, 1941, a few weeks before P...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Arrests for bicycle sirens in Fort Lauderdale?

›
Posted by Jane Feehan Kids have always managed to find mischief. These days arrest-worthy shenanigans may be computer, drug or gun-related. ...

First hotel built in Fort Lauderdale after WWII ... offers other firsts

›
Fort Lauderdale Beach circa 1950 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory/Postcard collection By Jane Feehan  Touted for its new architectural ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

End of WWII brings Burdine's Department Store to Fort Lauderdale

›
Burdines 1973 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan  Retired Confederate army officer William Burdine and his partner, Henry Payne, opened t...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Fort Lauderdale Tarpons - Minor League Baseball, city pastime, Westside Park and ...

›
Before Westside Park, Stranahan Field, Fort Lauderdale High School  State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale was ful...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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

›
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...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Fighting polio with a ban on visitors from Fort Lauderdale, DDT spray and ...

›
Unidentified Florida twins with polio 1960 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan With world news abuzz about the COVID19 ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Mackey Airlines, its colorful founder ... and Fort Lauderdale

›
Mackey 1972 destinations -  Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale’s Mackey Airlines played a leading ...