St. Augustine in the 1930s and 1940s - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Beth Rogero Bowen, The St Augustine Historical SocietySeries:Postcard HistoryPublish date:2019-10-21Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540240811ISBN-10:1540240819UPC:9781540240811Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCBJHDJKBY
St. Augustine in the 1930s and 1940s
The Great Depression came early to St. Augustine with the end of the Florida land boom in 1926, followed by the stock market collapse in 1929. Hotels closed, a major bank failed, subdivisions folded, and tourism was reduced to a trickle. The city's main employer, the Florida East Coast Railway, went into receivership in 1931, and public works projects sought to bring relief to the unemployed. The...
Series: Postcard History
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540240811ISBN-10:1540240819UPC:9781540240811Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCBJHDJKBY
Bowen, Beth Rogero: - Author Beth Rogero Bowen is a descendant of Mediterranean settlers who arrived in St. Augustine in the 1770s. She is the author of St. Augustine in the Gilded Age, St. Augustine in the Roaring Twenties, and Bridge to a Dream, the story of building the Bridge of Lions and Davis Shores from 1925 to 1927.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
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