Yesterday's Palm Beach, Including Palm Beach County (Seemann's Historic Cities Series ; No. 29) - Hardcover

McIver, Stuart B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0912458720 ISBN 13: 9780912458724

Publisher: E A Seemann, 1976

Synopsis

Yesterday's PALM BEACH including Palm Beach County By STUART B. MclVER with a foreword by James R. Knott In 1902, a New York Herald article observed, ' 'Not to go to Palm Beach is a serious thing from a social point of view. If you cannot go there, you should at all events say that you are going, and then retire from Society for a time." The fame of Palm Beach began in 1894 when Henry M. Flagler extended his railroad there and opened the Royal Poinciana Hotel the world's largest then, accommodating over 2,000. Soon came the Breakers Hotel, first called the Palm Beach Inn, and Palm Beach emerged in the public's eye as the premier winter resort in America. While some bewail a loss in exclusiveness, its status has remained relatively unchanged. Great fortunes were represented here, and behind the names of the people who came were industries known throughout the land. Palm Beach has attracted presidents, prime ministers, and royalty. From the beginning, the wealthy, the famous, and the accomplished have set its tone. Ostrich plumes were so much in demand in the early 1900s that Palm Beach had its own ostrich farm. One "cottage," El Mirasol, which cost over a million dollars, had thirty-seven rooms, and included an auditorium, a forty- car garage, and a private zoo. From its first days through the late 1940s, scenes of the life and progress of Palm Beach County are placed before you-its residents, working and playing, and their efforts to create an area they can be proud of today. And along with all this, here are the faces, the homes, the parties, the gowns, the jewels, the yachts, and the resort life of the dazzling personalities who created such a fascinating aura around Palm Beach that interest in it never ceases.

About this edition

• Publisher: E A Seemann
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0912458720
• ISBN 13: 9780912458724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144