Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Florida: The Nation's Winter Home.
Milwaukee: c. 1920 , E. C. Kropp Co. .
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"Indeed, the beauty spot of Florida": Rare early pictorial guide to Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Florida
First edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued, with 24 colored plates of iconic Palm Beach clubs, hotels and vistas including the Everglades Golf Club House, the Miramar Inn, the Breakers Hotel, Lake Trail, Beach Club, and Alba Hotel. In near fine condition. A charming example with exceptionally bright plates.
American tycoon Henry Morrison Flagler essentially established Palm Beach, Florida as an exclusive winter destination with the development of The Florida East Coast Railway in the late 1800's and construction of the Gilded Age Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1894. The town flourished in the early 1900s with the construction of the Italian Renaissance-style Breakers Hotel, exclusive Everglades Club, and historic Worth Avenue. Many of the gorgeous homes and resorts that remain Palm Beach icons were designed by American architect Addison Mizner in the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival that has come to define the winter destination.
Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Florida: The Nation's Winter Home.
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