St. Petersburg (America Through Time)

St. Petersburg (America Through Time)

St. Petersburg (America Through Time)

Known as the “”Sunshine City,”” St. Petersburg gained notoriety as a popular destination for seasonal residents during the Florida real estate boom of the 1920s. However, the history of footprints along with shoreline spans thousands of years. Long before the first contact with Spanish conquistadors during the sixteenth century, indigenous cultures flourished along the abundant estuaries and left shell mounds and pottery as evidence of their settlements. After these original inhabitants disap

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  1. 5.0 out of 5 stars
    Pictorial History of the Sunshine City, June 18, 2015
    By 
    Bruce E. Mccall (Hagerstown, MD, USA) –

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    This review is from: St. Petersburg (America Through Time) (Paperback)
    This is a pictorial history of the city of St. Petersburg Florida. James Schnur starts off with a brief four page narrative history of the area from the time of the Native American fishermen to an evolving multi-cultured metropolis. The rest of the book is a collection of photographs, all of which are crisp and clear. Many of the older photos are a displayed along with a modern photo from the same site. The best part of this collection is the wonderful captions that not only describe the buildings, but some of the social and cultural significance of the location. These photos show a wide variety of places from both the downtown area, and the surrounding communities of Pinellas County.

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