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BocaHistory
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The mission and purpose of the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum is to collect, preserve, and present information and artifacts relevant to the past and evolving history of Boca Raton and to maintain a visible role in education and advocacy of historic preservation in our community.
Arlene Brittian Owens - Oral History Interview, May 2024
In loving memory of Arlene Brittian Owens 1945-2024
Dear friends of Boca Raton history, we are very saddened to report to you the loss of our friend and longtime supporter Arlene Brittian Owens. Arlene’s family came to little Boca Raton back in 1929. Her father served as a caretaker for Mr. Von Holst in what is now Old Floresta. Part of his duties included rounding up the huge rattlesnakes that once roamed the neighborhood.
Arlene was born in 1945 at Broward General Hospital-the closest at the time. Her excellent memory spanned back through the incredible changes that the little farm town with a big fancy hotel experienced over the years. You can find out more about Arlene and her memories through our CZcams channel. Just go to our website bocahistory.org and click on the CZcams link at the bottom of the site.
Arlene was one of the first people I met when I came to work at BRHS 22 years ago. She was then on the board of trustees, one of the only members with longtime roots in the community. In 2016, the Society recognized her service with the Myrtle Butts Fleming Award, our highest honor, for service to the BRHS. I think that really tickled her. She introduced me to the Boca Raton Pioneer Club and all of the wonderful “old timers” who have supplied me with info ever since. She certainly seemed to know everybody and their family history!
Arlene, we will miss your witty personality, your acerbic political analysis, and wonderful storytelling. Don’t worry-we have carefully digitized your memories and family images for the use of future generations-your legacy will continue!
Dear friends of Boca Raton history, we are very saddened to report to you the loss of our friend and longtime supporter Arlene Brittian Owens. Arlene’s family came to little Boca Raton back in 1929. Her father served as a caretaker for Mr. Von Holst in what is now Old Floresta. Part of his duties included rounding up the huge rattlesnakes that once roamed the neighborhood.
Arlene was born in 1945 at Broward General Hospital-the closest at the time. Her excellent memory spanned back through the incredible changes that the little farm town with a big fancy hotel experienced over the years. You can find out more about Arlene and her memories through our CZcams channel. Just go to our website bocahistory.org and click on the CZcams link at the bottom of the site.
Arlene was one of the first people I met when I came to work at BRHS 22 years ago. She was then on the board of trustees, one of the only members with longtime roots in the community. In 2016, the Society recognized her service with the Myrtle Butts Fleming Award, our highest honor, for service to the BRHS. I think that really tickled her. She introduced me to the Boca Raton Pioneer Club and all of the wonderful “old timers” who have supplied me with info ever since. She certainly seemed to know everybody and their family history!
Arlene, we will miss your witty personality, your acerbic political analysis, and wonderful storytelling. Don’t worry-we have carefully digitized your memories and family images for the use of future generations-your legacy will continue!
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Dr. Peter Barrett - Boca During WWII - Oral History Interview - 2024
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Dr. Peter Barrett grew up in Boca Raton during the years of World War II. In this exclusive oral history interview with curator Susan Gillis, Dr. Barrett recounts his memories as a child from that significant era of U.S. and Florida History.
John Temple, ARVIDA President, Interview (April 2024)
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ARVIDA President and Boca resident John Temple graciously sat down for an interview with the Historical Society to capture for posterity his memories about the development firm and its role in shaping Boca Raton, FL.
Boca in the 70s: 'Boca Raton in Harmony with Environment'
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Join us for a nostalgic look back at many notable landmarks in this film which was produced in the early 1970s by the Arvida Corporation. #TheBocaRaton #BocaWest #BocaRatonAirport #FAU #LynnU #BocaRaton #FloridaHistory #ArchivalFootage #Archives 00:00 02:05 - The Boca Raton (Hotel) 03:35 - Aerial of City Center 03:52 - Boca Raton Airport 04:29 - Skyscrapers 04:57 - Boca West 05:17 - City Hall 0...
The History of Boca Raton
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In less than 100 years, the city of Boca Raton has transformed itself from a sleepy farm town into one of the wealthiest communities in the country. Through interviews, archival film, and more than 300 photographs... witness how a group of visionaries defined and helped develop a city. Thomas Rickards founded a farming community. Addison Mizner led a land boom, Clarence Geist built an exclusive...
Driving Around Boca Raton c. 1964 / REMASTERED WITH NARRATION
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Driving around Boca Raton is a series of 8mm clips taken by local resident, George Fehring. It features beautiful downtown Boca Raton, A1A, Palmetto Park Road, Federal Highway, and the then new Fifth Avenue Shops. Watch for FAU under construction on the old Boca Raton Army Air Field runways. This version has been remastered from the original and narration added.
Jewish Oral History Project: Dr. Ira Sheskin
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Boca Raton Historical Society The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum's interview with Dr. Ira Sheskin, May 2, 2018. #JewishHistory #BocaRaton #History #TheSchmidtMuseum
Jewish Oral History Project: Dr. Yosef Aaron Kaweblum
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Boca Raton Historical Society The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum's interview with Dr. Yosef Aaron Kaweblum, May 29, 2018. #JewishHistory #BocaRaton #History #TheSchmidtMuseum
Jewish Oral History Project: Rabbi Kenneth Brander
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Boca Raton Historical Society The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum's interview with Rabbi Kenneth Brander. May 1, 2018 #JewishHistory #BocaRaton #History #TheSchmidtMuseum
Jewish Oral History Project: Dr. Wendy Rapaport
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Boca Raton Historical Society The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum's interview with Dr. Wendy Rapaport, May 29, 2018. #JewishHistory #BocaRaton #History #TheSchmidtMuseum
Jewish Oral History Project: Shirley Solomon
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Boca Raton Historical Society The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum's Jewish Oral History Project interview with Shirley Solomon, May 2017.
What life was life for Pioneer Women in Boca Raton....
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What life was life for Pioneer Women in Boca Raton....
Caring for your Family Collections: Part 1
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Caring for your Family Collections: Part 1
Home Movie Collection: Chip Douglas at The Cabana Club pool and Boca Raton Club Golf Course.
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Home Movie Collection: Chip Douglas at The Cabana Club pool and Boca Raton Club Golf Course.
The People Who Built Boca Raton: Joseph Sakai
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The People Who Built Boca Raton: Joseph Sakai
Home Movie Collection: Sports Car Races at former BRAAF
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Home Movie Collection: Sports Car Races at former BRAAF
Boca Raton Historical Society's 50th Golden Jubilee
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Boca Raton Historical Society's 50th Golden Jubilee
The People who Built Boca Raton: Alex Hughes
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The People who Built Boca Raton: Alex Hughes
The People who Built Boca Raton: Frank Howard Chesebro
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The People who Built Boca Raton: Frank Howard Chesebro
The People who built Boca Raton: Thomas Moore Rickards
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The People who built Boca Raton: Thomas Moore Rickards
Boca Raton Anthrax Attack 2001, A Look Back
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Boca Raton Anthrax Attack 2001, A Look Back
Town Hall Talk Clips: Boca Raton Anthrax Attack
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Town Hall Talk Clips: Boca Raton Anthrax Attack
We've been pronouncing Yamato Road wrong???
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We've been pronouncing Yamato Road wrong???
I was born in West Palm Beach in 1958 and my father and grandfather were building in Boca Raton starting in 61. I can’t believe how many cars there are on the road and in the parking lot and parking on the street I can clearly see and remember all the open spaces, but Boca really seems to be very busy on this particular day
Oye Vey Boca!
Here's how you know you're getting old: you find yourself saying things like "everything was better back then" more and more often!
I moved to boca in the ear,y 70s high school was a racists paradise. No one when into the bathroom alone. The gym class ga,es where backs against whites. Fuck 70s Boca
What a fantastic piece of history.
It's an overcrowded hell hole now!
You could pull off the side of A1A and park at the top of the beach dune.
Dorthy Wilkens mandated a population cap of 40,000 by down zoning property. My 8 unit lot became a duplex lot. A government "taking" without compensation. When Arvida sued, they removed the cap but didn't restorethe zoning for the little guy.
What was this business at 32:35 on the right? The Sign is visible. Looks like a Restaurant or Motel. Cool Sign!
Smitty's Driftwood!
The map is kind of pointless without markers showing up where the car is when points of interest are mentioned.
This was when Boca was a town. It quickly filled with New Yorkers and folks from New Jersey and stopped being in tune with the environment .
THIS IS GREAT!! How very different and undesirable it is today.
T Rex still up and running
Maybe Wipe-Off *Polish* the camera's lens before recording this footage?
Great memories. My grandfather founded Causeway Lumber at the 17:56 mark.
I would buy stuff there all the time. I remember a guy who could reach in the nail bins bare handed and bag you 5 lbs of 16d nails.
Oh how awesome 🥰
Thanks for posting. I'd suggest posting a version without the map (or where the map goes away after the first minute) because some of the image is cut off.
Like the old vehicles not the soundtrack
Ancient stone anchors are all over new port richey to Dunedin. Proof that there use to be ancient civilizations and massive boats
Arrived in Boca in 1965, a paradise. Now it is an extension of Broward County. Boca is in liberal Palm Beach County.
Absolutely incredible to see - lovely narration too
Those school kids are so skinny!
Churches...what about the Temples...
South Florida was still beautiful at this time but overcrowding wasn't too far behind. 7:16, My parents loved Wolfie's.
I remember sand along the roadways in Los Angeles too. Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach etc. had two lane roads lined by sandy shoulders. That's all gone now replaced by fancy schmantzy curbs and concrete sidewalks. I miss the old sandy road shoulders.
My goodness, there was even open space for our little critters to live in. So sad they had to move out.
Tracking on Google maps and it is now all high rises and junk malls. What a shame. It was quite quaint then. When I was little my parents took me to Florida in 1959. Orlando was all orange groves and there was no Disney monstrosity there. It was all country. Miami was a trip but nothing like it is now.
24:46 .. Gas must of been a lot more expensive in BR than in Indy . Because when I started driving in 66 gas in Indy was 25-26 cents per gallon .
Drug store called “Loves drugs” is wild 12:57
Those air conditioners are about the same prices of today
Lots of aqua and blue colored cars, in harmony with their surroundings
Unfortunately their home is now a parking lot.
I've been going to that Boca Car Wash for years.
wow undeveloped land
Why anyone would name an area the rat's mouth never made sense to me!
"Boca de Ratones" is an old-fashioned Spanish navigational term that means 'rocky inlet' or 'inlet of jaggy rocks' Check out this explanation on our website: shorturl.at/29spj
Mouth of the Mouse, NOT rat!
Is sally Ling still with the historical society? She was a sweet woman I knew from the Boca Marriott days.
Very informative interview. Susan Gillis's work, in her interviews, books and at the Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum is always professional and well-researched. Thank you Susan!
01:12 for you kids, that object in the middle of the video is an "antenna" and cars used to have them. If you had a fancy car, it might raise or lower by power. For most of us, we had to pull it up into position by hand. This allowed you to receive radio transmissions in the car like music or news. Has anyone seen my teeth?
My father used to have car with antenna. Always knew it was used for the radio. Later on they did do on roof and majority disbanded it because it was dangerous for using during raining. Because it would be hit by thunder.
Amazing video.
Old friend of ours called Boca, Pepto-bismol Town. 😂
Now it's called Blackrock Raton and it sucks
Amazing how things have changed so much but still retain an element of familiarity.
I remember when there was still a remnants of this in the early 70s.
Cool video but why is the music from the 30s and not the 60s
It was reported the ARVIDA Corp founder Arthur Vining Davis when being driven around Palm Beach County would instruct his staff to buy the land that was going by only to often be told you already own this land sir.
Ich habe da gelebt. Einfach schön damals. Aber nun wo schwarze Mitbürger und Co integriert wurden wurde es zur Hölle auf Erden...wie im Restlichen Teil des Landes. Man sieht heute die Rassentrennung hätte auch etwas gutes. Denk mal darüber nach. Jeder Mensch hat seinen Platz...doch Afrikaner und andere haben in den USA wie Europa nichts verloren.
Beautiful footage and well narrated. It’s fun to see how it was in the 1960s. Thank you for your great work!!
Thanks for the vid ,:) enjoyed the new ford falcons, chrysler's and all the other shiny new things of the 60's, a real gem.
If only Florida could have stayed this way.
21:28 Is that President Warren G Harding next to Clarence Geist?
Yes, we believe that is indeed Pres Harding! Great catch. - Sue Gillis, Curator
I like A1A the way it was then
Today, there are hedges and thick trees so that you can see nothing. Or else there are the giant condos that rise to the sky.