KIRKTON, J.F..
Views of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Florida.
Palm Beach: J.F. Kirkton , 1940.
$450.00
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Item Number: RRB-152235
+$500
Views of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, a Souvenir Postcard Booklet of the Midcentury Palm Beaches
Souvenir postcard booklet of the Palm Beaches, published by J.F. Kirkton of Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1940. Oblong duodecimo, original printed wrappers, stapled, containing detachable color postcards on linen-finish stock, each captioned and with a postcard verso for mailing. The views record the resort at midcentury: the Breakers Hotel, “the longest popular with the Palm Beach season guests, as it is open especially and fronts the Ocean”; the Beaux Arts Building on the Lake Trail, the “Fashion Center” of Palm Beach; and the Palm Beach County Court House in West Palm Beach, among others. In near fine condition. An attractive survival of Palm Beach souvenir ephemera.
The detachable souvenir postcard booklet, its color views printed on the textured linen stock characteristic of American postcards from the 1930s through the early 1950s, was a staple of the resort trade. Visitors to the Palm Beaches bought such folders to mail home, and the views they preserve, the Breakers, the Beaux Arts Building, the County Court House, document the architecture of the resort at midcentury, much of it since altered or lost. The booklets were ephemeral by nature, and intact examples with their postcards still bound in are uncommon.
Views of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Florida.
$450.00
In Stock
