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Our history in photos: The Palm Beach Post

Originally from April 26, 2013

The square building at the center of this photo is the Palm Beach Post-Times building on Datura in 1926. The view is from Dixie Highway looking East down Datura. The Harvey Building, still under construction, is in the background, and the West Palm Beach Fire Department and their equipment are in the foreground. (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County) Oct. 23, 1961: Demolition nears completion on the old Post-Times building at 328 Datura...

1960 film on migratory farm labor still resonates

Originally from November 25, 2010

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking CBS documentary Harvest of Shame. Here are excerpts from a Nov. 18, 1990, Post article by former colleague Lisa Shuchman. Few documentaries have unleashed such strong feelings in America as Harvest of Shame did in 1960. “Never before in the dismal history of migratory farm labor in the United States has there been such widespread personal knowledge as there is today of the shocking conditions under which the...

2011: Camp Murphy Message spotlighted local female wrestlers — Last week we told you about the collection of the Camp Murphy Message from the World War II base, now Jonathan Dickinson State Park. We’ve...

2004: Park’s Name Influenced By Seminoles — Q: Where did Okeeheelee Park in suburban West Palm Beach get its name? A: At 900 acres, the sprawling Palm Beach County regional park on the...