tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56895814414375843132024-03-12T20:57:49.096-04:00Welcome to the Hotel Royal PoincianaWelcome to Palm Beach and the Hotel Royal Poinciana Hotel. Our magnificent hotel, Henry Flagler's crown jewel, features 1,150 guest rooms and every modern convenience and the famous Coconut Grove. Proceed to the Front Desk, we've been waiting for you!Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-14500444902890319712015-04-13T22:19:00.006-04:002014-07-30T23:11:43.231-04:00The Largest Wooden Structure in the World!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The HRP (Hotel Royal Poinciana),<i> circa </i>1900. The main entrance to the hotel was here on the west side facing the lake. This picture was taken from the south end of the hotel, renowned for the colorful gardens that gave winter visitors a respite from the frozen north. Henry Flagler's "Whitehall,' completed a year or so after this picture was taken stands just behind where the photographer stood. Click to enlarge!</b> (Library of Congress photo)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">There were 1,150 guest rooms.</span> The main dining room could feed 1600 guests at one time. With seven miles of corridor running throughout six stories, the Hotel Royal Poinciana was the largest wooden structure in the world. The wealthiest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> rich and famous flocked to Henry Morrison Flagler's "Newport of the South" to make the Royal Poinciana their Winter home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thousands of local citizens were employed to keep the hotel operating</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Both Palm Beach and West Palm Beach owne their existence to Flagler's vision.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mammoth Hotel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Royal Poinciana opened in 1894 and stood on the shore of Lake Worth for just over forty years. It survived major hurricanes and the 1925 fire that destroyed the Breakers and Palm Beach hotels. But it couldn't recover from the economic bust that started with the market crash of 1929 or the changing tastes of the times.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a sense, the Poinciana became one more victim of the 1925 fire when the new Breakers Hotel reopened less than a year later. The aging Poinciana was no match for this new masterpiece of Italian Renaissance style that was not only "fireproof" but offered a bathroom in every guest room. The end came fast for the Hotel Royal Poinciana. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a decade after the Breakers reopened the last pieces of the hotel were hauled away. More than 500 homes and at least one church were built from the scrap. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">We know more about Titanic than the Poinciana!</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (con't)</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photographs of Titanic, her passengers, staterooms, cabins and public areas abound. Not so with the great Hotel Royal Poinciana.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the fever to develop Palm Beach- a sprawling condo complex stands on the site of the Poinciana today- the most significant building in the town's history was quickly erased from sight and memory. All that remains of the original building is the Slathouse in the Royal Poinciana Plaza (also facing demolition to make way for condos.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exterior photographs of the hotel are easy to find but they don't reveal much. There were good photographs of the interior taken by professional photographers but they are of the public areas- the Rotunda, the ballroom, dining rooms, a reading room etc. The architectural details these photos reveal are priceless. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's missing are photos of guests inside. There are no known photos of the guest rooms. None of the front desk, the Doctor's office, the elevators, the stores that lined the main hall. There are hand colored photos of the dining room and ballroom that match written descriptions. Written descriptions are even harder to come by than photographs!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still- there is enough information out there to do a pretty decent rebuild of the Hotel Royal Poinciana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find historic photos in the most surprising places</span>. I scour online archives all over the country and occasionally get lucky. In particular, I look out for photo albums that belonged to wealthy turn-of-the-century travelers. Touring the Flagler route down Florida's east coast (and on to Nassau or Havana) was a popular Winter trip for the few people who could afford to do it. A stay in Palm Beach would have been one of the highlights of the trip.</div>
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I <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2012/01/henry-flagler-movie.html" target="_blank">struck gold</a> in California several times. My latest discoveries were buried deep in among the 158,000+ pictures <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/" target="_blank">archived online</a> (search "Palm Beach") by the San Diego Air & Space Museum.</div>
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The Big Fish passenger airliner is well known among local history circles. I've only seen a couple of pictures until now. The SDAS Museum has some particularly important pictures, rich in detail, of this little slice of local history.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This 12-passenger Curtis flying boat, the Big Fish, offered round trip flights to Havana.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">With so much money and power concentrated in one time and place, Palm Beach was a magnet for fledgling aviators looking to show off their wares or sell round trip flights to Cuba- the world's first inter-continental commercial flight service.</span></td></tr>
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Lost in the shuffle is a rare and pretty wonderful set of three pictures. It appears that the photographer's attention was pulled away from the planes and drawn to a group of people to the north of the seaplanes.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> But look closer- across the water is the Hotel Palm Beach. We can confirm that it's a scene taken in early West Palm Beach next to the seaplane port. Neighboring photos in the San Diego collection confirm the picture was taken in 1921 or 1922. The hotel was lost in the Breakers fire of 1925. Now zoom in on the four figures standing waist deep in the water dressed in white.</span><br />
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Click pictures to enlarge. The pictures are rich in details- a wonderful little slice of life in West Palm Beach in the early 1920's.</div>
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<br />Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-62988119189145146692013-06-15T16:24:00.004-04:002013-06-15T22:14:43.697-04:00Go Left at the Main Stairs<br />
A look at the public restrooms at Flagler College gives loads of insight into how the Poinciana looked. The "go left..." reference in the title refers to the Men's Room at the Royal Poinciana Hotel.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Men's Restroom just off the rotunda of Flagler College. The mirrors and fixtures<br /> are new but the marble walls, sinks and tile floors are original.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A closer look at the ad: the sink at the right matches the sinks of the Ponce De Leon (top photo.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The claw foot bath tub was the standard of the day. The style of the commode is different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The placement of the bathroom fixtures </span><br />
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<b> I've gotten to know the layout of the Hotel Royal Poinciana so well that I often find myself mentally walking through the corridors trying to get a feel for the place. But I'm obsessed with the details- trying to get the colors of the walls and floors just right.</b><br />
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There are clues scattered everywhere. We know that the hotel's theme was one of eternal spring- most of the furnishings were white wicker and rattan. The straw mats that adorned so many of the rooms and hallways were green. Potted palms and plants were in abundance throughout the hotel giving the northern visitor a splendid contrast to the frost-bitten cities they left behind.<br />
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Still- in my imagination I tend to move too quickly down the long hallways (certainly there were transoms over the doors of the guestrooms- and how tall were the doors?) My mental tours are frustrating and filled with blank spots and I'm always floating for some reason.<br />
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<b>On a recent trip to St. Augustine I headed over to Flagler College</b>- the magnificent building that was originally Henry Flagler's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n_Hotel" target="_blank">Hotel Ponce De Leon</a>. The hotel was completed in 1888. Flagler spared no expense; the rotunda features breath-taking murals and the dining room houses one of the largest collections of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Comfort_Tiffany" target="_blank">Tiffany </a>glass in the world.<br />
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Today, only a few parts of the hotel are open to tourists; most of the building is restricted to students and staff. Even parents aren't allowed upstairs to the students rooms.<br />
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<b>As I entered the rotunda</b> I happened to wander into a clutch of prominent architectural historians who were in town for a convention. Since I was wearing a sportcoat (I looked like one of them) I attached myself to the group and got a better-than-average tour of the place that included a peek at the original men's bar and the dining room. I/they were so important that the President of College came out to greet us and tell us all about the newly-completed restoration of the building.<br />
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While I stood listening, the stairway off the rotunda that led to the dining room caught my eye- I followed the stairs to the second floor balcony that surrounded the rotunda. There were arched entries to the wings of the hotel- leading to guestrooms. A balustrade surrounded the entire octagon of the rotunda. At the top of the first flight of steps (eleven to be exact) was the entrance to the dining room.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On the ground floor-to the right was the the front desk- now the office of the security guards. At the beginning of the hallway were the elevators. Two large doors -closed and not open to the public- led to the original east wing of the hotel. Opposite of that wing- going west, a long hallway led to the the original parlors- public areas for the guests to lounge and mingle.</span><br />
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<b>Suddenly, I had the feeling that I'd been there before</b>. Of course I HAD toured Flagler College before; at least two or three times. But this time I came to the realization that I was standing in a nearly dead-replica of the Hotel Royal Poinciana. The scale and layout were basically the same. The first flight of eleven steps of both hotels led to large open rooms; dining for the Ponce; the men's lounge and Palm Room (used for dances and special events) and upstairs ballroom for the Poinciana.<br />
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The Ponce is magnificently ornate. The Poinciana was built in the much more severe Colonial style. But it became clear to me that Flagler's architects, McGuire and McDonald,took the original blueprints to the Ponce and modified them to to accomodate the larger size Flager desired for his Palm Beach operations.<br />
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Equally important are the original details still present at the Ponce. In the Men's restroom off the Rotunda, the brass fixtures, floor tile, marble counters and even the toilet tanks are still intact. (look for details and photos in an upcoming post.)<br />
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Hopefully an original guestroom door with transom still exists somewhere in the building. If Flagler used the same suppliers for both hotels, important pieces of the puzzle will fall in place.<br />
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The center portion of the first floor of the hotel as it appeared in 1920. Most of the public areas are here. Look for the front desk, the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/search/label/Dining%20Room" target="_blank">main dining room</a>, the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/search/label/Garden%20Grill" target="_blank">Garden Grill</a>, the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/search/label/Rotunda" target="_blank">Rotunda</a>, follow the path from the men's toilet to the<a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2009/07/hypocrites-row.html" target="_blank"> bar</a> (outlined in brown in octagonal ballroom,) the hallway featuring windows to the "5th avenue stores," the children's dining room, newsstand and barber.<br />
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Green areas are the outside. Ochre are the porch/verandas. Lots of details here - click to enlarge!<br />
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The art is based on floor plans from the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps.<br />
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The same group of people seated in the foreground can also be seen <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2012/04/welcome-to-our-ocean.html" target="_blank">here</a>, posing amid the souvenirs at Gus' Baths. The adults are dressed in the same outfits while the two younger people have switched to bathing suits. Note that, for the young girl, proper swimming attire included a bulky cap and a heavy wool bathing dress. She's actually wearing MORE clothes than in the earlier picture!<br />
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The members of this party were staying at the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2012/04/welcome-to-the-hotel-palm-beach.html" target="_blank">Palm Beach Hotel</a> which might explain why they weren't enjoying the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2010/03/casino-and-pool.html" target="_blank">facilities</a> that Flagler's Breakers hotel provided a mile or so to the north.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-38571493834148577722012-04-04T18:59:00.002-04:002012-04-04T18:59:28.080-04:00Dining Room - The One That got Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This picture, the only true color photograph of the main Dining Room that I've ever seen, was offered for sale on eBay a few years ago. Foolishly, I didn't buy it. But I did grab this lo-res copy.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108969765805727&set=a.146582202044483.22370.108969482472422&type=3&theater" target="_blank">Memorial Presbyterian Church</a> on Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach, was built entirely from the bricks of the hotel after it was demolished in 1936. It appears that much of the woodwork, windows and ornamentation came from the hotel as well.</div>
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Historians <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Images-America-Arcadia-Publishing/dp/0738567493" target="_blank">Debi Murray and Richard Marconi</a> note that the floor of the church came from the ballroom. The dining room doubled as a ballroom when the events required more space than the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2010/02/strictly-ballroom.html" target="_blank">octagonal ballroom</a> could provide. </div>
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The long dining room carpet has been rolled up to make way for the waltz.</div>Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-43868931388546382132012-04-04T18:29:00.000-04:002012-04-04T20:09:52.989-04:00Welcome to the The Hotel Palm Beach!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Hotel Palm Beach stood on the spot where the Biltmore (originally the Alba Hotel ) stands today. The popular hostelry met its demise in 1925 when cinders from the Breakers fire set it alight and burned it to the ground. The first three pictures were taken in 1915. The last one was taken in 1900- shortly after it opened.</div>
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A small building just out of view on the left hosted several shops including one that offered "Scientific Palmistry and Astrology." The three people gathered near the sign appear to be shop/hotel staff. The lady in the bicycle chair holds a cluster of coconuts.<br />
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The hotel, ca 1900. At the time most of the houses and hotels were situated on the more desirable lake side. The Breakers, on the ocean (and hence its name) served only to accommodate the overflow from the lakeside hotels.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-75160919516285608632012-04-04T17:06:00.001-04:002012-04-04T20:12:39.802-04:00You Are Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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West Palm Beach and Palm Beach in 1907- The Hotels Royal Poinciana and Breakers dominate the upper right quadrant. Just north of the Poinciana is the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2012/04/welcome-to-the-hotel-palm-beach.html" target="_blank">Hotel Palm Beach</a>. The Jungle Trail is at the bottom. Much of the lagoon just west of the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-jungle-trail.html" target="_blank">Jungle Trail</a> was filled in and developed later.<br />
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I believe Alligator Joe's Alligator Farm was based in the lagoon at the end of the Jungle trail- not where it is labeled on the map. Alligator Joe's attraction later became The Everglades Club. Download the map for better details.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-63535792223815655342012-04-01T12:45:00.001-04:002012-04-01T12:47:28.608-04:00"Welcome to Our Ocean"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gus' Baths (later the Lido Pools) was a saltwater pool complex located on the ocean at the east end of Worth Avenue. A Danish immigrant, Gus Jordahn, opened the business in 1910- this picture was snapped in 1915- one of the earliest in existence. According to <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xWaur__s8YsC&lpg=PT9&rview=1&pg=PT102#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">M.M. Cloutier</a>, swimmers payed daily, weekly or monthly dues for use of the pools, picnic facilities and access to the ocean via a tunnel. Jordahn later added a 920 foot pier. Cloutier has an excellent write-up<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xWaur__s8YsC&lpg=PT9&rview=1&pg=PT102#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"> here</a>.</div>
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Ohio tourists on their Winter holiday pose amid the conch shells (five cents each,) sea fans, coral and cloth pennants featuring Gus' famous "Welcome to Our Ocean" slogan. This picture has it all- smartly attired vacationers, a sullen pre-teen dutifully holding on to one end of the pennant and a man who is probably a lifeguard- one of Gus' fabled "Cowboys of the Sea"- in attendance.<br />
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<br />Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-28091435079086717992012-03-25T14:58:00.000-04:002012-03-25T14:59:16.119-04:00Mystery Shirt and The Boys of Winter<br />
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During the season, both the Royal Poinciana and Breakers Hotel fielded teams as entertainment for the guests. The diamond was located in between the hotels where the golf course is now. Players, most of whom played in the <a href="http://www.nlbpa.com/1906_poinciana.html" target="_blank">Negro League</a> held other jobs inside the hotels. The team photo, taken in 1906 comes from the NLBPA <a href="http://www.nlbpa.com/1906_poinciana.html" target="_blank">website</a>.</div>
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This picture, from an <a href="http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=202&ItemNo=96964" target="_blank">online auction</a>, was taken a year after the mystery photo, a player, front row- second from the left, wears the RP uniform. Some players are wearing undershirts (the games were played in the Winter, after all!)</div>
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The Breakers team in 1915. All of these guys played in the Negro League during the regular season. More info and identity information <a href="http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?102913-Negro-Leagues-Historic-Photographic-Archive/page4" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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One last tidbit from the<a href="http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/baseball" target="_blank"> Historical society of Palm Beach County:</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">During the 1920s and ‘30s, The Breakers hotel and the Royal Poinciana (until it closed) continued their tradition of hiring baseball players from the Negro Leagues to entertain their guests. The players also worked in the hotels as waiters and busboys. Several times a week, the two teams would play well-attended games on the diamond at County Road and what is now Royal Poinciana Way. </span><br />
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<br />Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-86741339689776221142012-03-20T13:09:00.002-04:002012-03-20T17:36:38.429-04:00Ghost in the Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A nice view of the hotel taken in 1915 from deep inside the garden. The main entrance to the hotel is just out of the frame to the left. The garden appears to be deserted except for one ghostly apparition . Zoom in to find it!<br />
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This picture is from an album I recently purchased. Stay tuned for some new, rare scenes! How about those hand-written captions!Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-24737556122551133012012-03-20T13:02:00.001-04:002012-03-20T13:02:21.356-04:00Tea Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By 1915, the year this picture was taken, the Coconut Grove had taken on a Japanese theme. Later on a pagoda and paper lanterns were added to give guests the feel of a Japanese Tea Garden. Note the electric lights strung through the trees, the meandering walks and the little teashouse (center right.) </div>
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A crowd gathers to inspect power boats at the Poinciana docks. Boat races were a popular form of entertainment during the season.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-42972695923481608792012-02-07T11:25:00.000-05:002012-02-07T11:25:06.971-05:00Early Ballroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A rare view of the Hotel Royal Poinciana depicting the east side of the Ballroom (center) and a fleet of bicycle chairs and drivers.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-49323720472902493792012-02-07T11:19:00.002-05:002012-02-07T11:19:23.843-05:00Big Fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The pier originally served as a port where ships unloaded cargo onto railcars. The tracks spanned the island to West Palm Beach. The tracks were used as the trolley line after the bridge was moved from the north side of Whitehall to its current location on Royal Poinciana Way.<br />
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The Hotel Royal Poinciana looms in the distance (center.) The pier was destroyed in the 1925 hurricane. <a href="http://www.palmbeachpast.org/?p=307" target="_blank">Remnants are still visible</a> on a clear day.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-65999249162665325872012-01-18T11:28:00.000-05:002012-01-18T11:28:53.030-05:00The Front Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A view of the grounds taken in 1903 before the east/west Piazza was built. The picture shows a view of the walk leading from the main entrance of the hotel (to the back of photographer Burr McIntosh) looking west to the docks. The portion of the walk on the right leads to the north along the front of the hotel.</div>
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This photo from the University of California, shows the same walk, about mid-way, taken from the opposite direction. </div>Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-11665678373384332172012-01-18T10:18:00.000-05:002012-01-18T10:29:37.733-05:00Henry Flagler- The Movie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The gentleman in this stereograph from the <a href="http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/?__utma=259035160.614999059.1326898476.1326898476.1326898476.1&__utmb=259035160.12.10.1326898476&__utmc=259035160&__utmx=-&__utmz=259035160.1326898476.1.1.utmcsr=calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu%7Cutmccn=(referral)%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/&__utmv=-&__utmk=88513496" target="_blank">University of California</a> collection is unidentified. Of course we know it's Henry Morrison Flagler sitting in front of his newly completed mansion "Whitehall." The marble bench is still there, just inside the entrance gate.</div>
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Three young ladies, looking straight out of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dana_Gibson" target="_blank">Charles Dana Gibson </a>cartoon pose on the Lake Trail in 1903. Henry Flagler's 60,000 square foot Gilded Age masterpiece, <a href="http://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/whitehall" target="_blank">Whitehall</a>, completed a year earlier, looms in the background.<br />
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Photo by Burr McIntoshPat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-45973040698692319632012-01-09T21:28:00.000-05:002012-01-09T21:28:16.961-05:00Dancing With the Palms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this photograph, taken in 1903 by actor/photographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_McIntosh" target="_blank">Burr McIntosh</a>, hotel guests are seated around the dance floor in the Cocoanut Grove listening to a concert performed by the <a href="http://royalpoincianahotel.blogspot.com/search/label/Band" target="_blank">hotel band</a>.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-3578036604959244082012-01-01T13:11:00.003-05:002012-01-01T13:19:53.576-05:00On the Jungle Trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since learning my new trick I can't resist creating little two-frame movies from stereographs. This card depicts what appears to be a family- father and attractive daughter in the front with Mother and son close behind. The drivers, wearing tunics and badges on their caps, work for the hotel. This area appears to be the Jungle Trail- a winding, zig-zagging path that was located south of the middle bridge near the Society of the Four Arts. Alligator Joe's attraction was conveniently located at the south end of the trail where Worth Avenue is located.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-83729029834426317962011-12-31T16:02:00.000-05:002011-12-31T16:02:59.144-05:00The Boating Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The docks were situated on the south side of the north bridge where the Royal Poinciana Theater now stands. In this animated stereograph, guests from the hotels (the Hotel Royal Poinciana is in the background) embark on a sightseeing trip.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689581441437584313.post-76493613679437003552011-12-31T15:25:00.000-05:002011-12-31T15:45:29.567-05:00Boat Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The original stereograph comes from the <a href="http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/?__utma=259035160.377794312.1325359863.1325359863.1325359863.1&__utmb=259035160.0.10.1325359863&__utmc=259035160&__utmx=-&__utmz=259035160.1325359863.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)%7Cutmccn=(direct)%7Cutmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=8804214" target="_blank">University of California</a> and is captioned "Party on the boat, Palm Beach, Florida. Taken ca. 1900, once you get past the past the flashing movement you really get the feel of being a passenger.Pat Crowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761068805678561169noreply@blogger.com0