Tag Archives: 1920s
Johnny Green: St. Pete’s Forgotten Flier
Johnny Green was a notorious pilot, smuggler, and barnstormer for a decade in the Golden [...]
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Oct
Oct
The Vinoy: The Hotel That Almost Wasn’t
The impressive Vinoy Hotel is loved in St. Pete but has a dramatic and rocky [...]
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Sep
Sep
The Oddly Unsuccessful History of Madeira Beach
I’ve always kind of wondered about the history of Madeira Beach. Traveling the beach road [...]
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May
May
The Don Ce-Sar: A Castle Made of Sand Pt. 1
The hidden history behind the iconic and beautiful Don CeSar hotel on St. Pete Beach. [...]
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Apr
Apr
The Rolyat – “America’s Most Distinctive Hotel”
Part I in a series: Grand Hotels of St. Pete Author’s note: The mid 1920s [...]
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Apr
Apr
Reeling in the Sun Seekers – 1920s Style
In the heyday of the 1920s, St. Petersburg marketed itself effectively with marketing pamphlets like [...]
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Nov
Nov