Brockway, George S.
1940

Promotional street map of Palm Beach Florida

Street map of Palm Beach Florida

DESCRIPTION: Promotional street map of Palm Beach, Florida from the Chamber of Commerce ca. 1940. A simplified map for visitors; limited in scope, this edition lacks detailed coverage of West Palm Beach and does not include either a key to street names or names of the inhabitants found in other similar maps by Brockway. Dated with reference to "Island no. 17" which is labeled "Pinner's Island" in Brockway's 1942 edition.

Verso is blank but with a blue ink stamp: "Courtesy of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce."

The map spans an area of southern Palm Beach from the Southern Boulevard Bridge (now Bingham Island Bridge) at north, past the Lake Worth Bridge, and terminating past the Lantana Bridge near the north corporate limits of Manalapan. By George S. Brockway, Engineer.

Features on the map include:

Lake Worth Municipal Golf Course
Phipps Ocean Park
Ibis Isle
Lake Worth Municipal Casino and Pool
South Ocean Club
WWPG radio broadcasting station
Island 17 and Island 18
Ambassador Hotel Villas
Hypoluxo Island

Two manuscript notations in pencil apparently for additions of Clifton and Corley Streets.

North oriented to right. Scale 1 inch = 1 mile.

CREATOR: Brockway, George S.

PUBLICATION DATE: 1940

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean

CONDITION: Very Good. Clean and without condition issues.

COLORING: None

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SIZE: 22 " x 8 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 87

PRICE: $325

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