"The Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale, Florida", Circa 1950's
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Folder
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
"The Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale, Florida" (BCHA-2011.7), Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
Fort Lauderdale brochure and map, 1950. "Year Round Tropical Vacationland, The Venice of America."
- Biographical / historical:
Fort Lauderdale has had nickname "Venice of America" as early as 1922 by the 1950's there were 140 miles of inland waterways. The 1950's were a huge boom indevelopement, the Galt Ocean Mile neighborhood was being developed for $20,000,00. Fort Lauderdale airport was also frequently busy with flight to Nassau.
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
"The Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale, Florida" is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
"The Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale, Florida" (BCHA-2011.7), Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
