Books

The following books are offered as excellent reference material and enjoyable reading!



 

Mickelson, Joan A Guide to Historic Hollywood. A Tour through Place and Time.

The History Press, 2005

255 pages, 125 illustrations, index, bibliography

Combines a lively history (1920-1960) with a guide to historic places all over Hollywood, street by street and border to border.  Dr. Mickelson, Hollywood native, graduated from South Broward High School. Her surveyor father laid out the streets of Hollywood and the beach in the 1920s.

Members:  $ 20.70  Non-Members:  $ 23.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK1
  

TenEick, Virginia Elliott A History of Hollywood Florida 1920 - 1950

Florida Classics Library, 1989 (reprint of 1966 original)

413 pages, illustrated

The original history, includes interviews with pioneers and lively text by journalist TenEick who knew them all.

Brought to Hollywood as a teen in 1923, TenEick was a Miami Herald reporter for most of the decades covered in her book.

Members:  $ 14.00  Non-Members:  $ 16.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK2

  

Gillis, Susan Broward County. The Photography of Gene Hyde.

Arcadia Publishing, 2005

128 pages of photos by Miami Herald photographer from the 1930s to the 1970s, including scenes of Hollywood.

Florida historian and archivist, Gillis was valedictorian of the Hollywood Hills High School class of 1972.

Members:  $ 18.00  Non-Members:  $ 20.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK3

  

West, Patsy The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida

Arcadia Publishing, 2004

128 pages of rare 19th and 20th century photos of Florida’s Native Americans. Hollywood now surrounds the Seminole Reservation.

Fort Lauderdale native West was Director of the Seminole/Miccosukee Photographic Archive.

Members:  $ 18.00  Non-Members:  $ 20.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK4

  

Oliver, Kitty Race and Change in Hollywood Florida.

Arcadia Publishing, 2000

128 pages, illustrated

Florida-native Oliver compiled oral histories of local residents, black and white, spanning the 20th century.

Kitty Oliver is a Florida journalist, author, and educator.

Members:  $ 17.00  Non-Members:  $ 19.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK5

  

Wilpon, Bonnie The Postcard History Series. Hollywood Florida

Arcadia Publishing, 1999 (reprint 2004)

128 pages, illustrated

Hollywood history seen in 20th century postcards from family collections, arranged by subject, with informative captions.

Florida-born Wilpon was in the class of 1969, the first graduating class from Hollywood Hills High School.

Members:  $ 17.00  Non-Members:  $ 19.00


Item#: 
HHS-BK6

  

Roberts, C. Richard Images of America. Hollywood

Arcadia Publishing, 2002

128 pages of photos, by decade from the 1920s to the 1960s

Author Roberts is a fifth-generation Floridian.

Members:  $ 18.00  Non-Members:  $ 20.00

Item#: 
HHS-BK7