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Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches: The Fabulous 1950s and 1960s

Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches: The Fabulous 1950s and 1960s

Ayres, R. Wayne
Ayers, R. Wayne

Hardcover

Regional: South

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531611400
ISBN13: 9781531611408
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Jun 29 2004
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
In the years following World War II, Tampa Bay's barrier island beaches were transformed from a sparsely populated strip to a booming vacation destination. Following the war's end, fond memories of beachside training exercises amid sand and sea attracted thousands of former G.I.s and their families to the area for vacation. This sudden outbreak of tourism caught the attention of developers, who quickly converted the lonely stretches of beach into a vacationer's paradise, complete with snazzy motels offering the latest amenities. Once home to fishermen and well-to-do winter vacationers, the area's gulf beaches became a popular getaway for newly prosperous middle-class families, anxious to put war-weary years behind them.

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