Around Boynton Beach, Janet DeVries
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Around Boynton Beach, Janet DeVries
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Around Boynton Beach
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Janet DeVries
Series statement
Postcard history series
Summary
Named for an early entrepreneur who arrived by boat in 1894, the tiny settlement of Boynton Beach emerged around the luxury hotel Maj. Nathan S. Boynton built on the beach. This enterprise brought carpenters, truck farmers, and railroad workers. Pineapple plantations, tomato fields, and citrus groves flourished. Shell shops, drift fishing, roadside fruit stands, and motor courts transformed the landscape. In Postcard History Series: Around Boynton Beach, author Janet DeVries uses more than 200 postcards from her own collection and others to show a carefree lifestyle long gone. Featured are picture postcards, some over 100 years old, of Boynton Beach and neighboring Briny Breezes, Ocean Ridge, Hypoluxo, and Gulf Stream
Target audience
adult
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