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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M82- 30
	Creator:	Resler, Richard E., 1865-1946.
	Title, Dates:	Resler photographs, 1898-1941.
	Amount:	34 photographs
	Medium Included:	photographs
	Organization/Arrangement:	Unarranged.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Richard E. Resler, Sr. was born in Austria in 1865. By the 1890s, Resler moved to Palm Beach, Florida, and established himself as a successful photographer. He owned and operated Resler Photo Studio on Myrtle Street in West Palm Beach during the early part of the twentieth century. Resler took many photos of Palm Beach from the 1890s until his death in 1946.
	Summary:	This collection contains 34 black and white photographs of people, places, and activities in West Palm Beach between 1898 and 1941. Most of these photographs are of the Royal Poinciana Hotel from 1898 and images of the additions to the hotel in 1902. This collection also contains photographs of the Kettler Motion Picture Theater, pineapple farms (that later became part of Flamingo Park), and the original Coconut Grove. There are images of The Styx, a temporary community for Black construction workers. When landowners forcibly removed its residents, they relocated to the northwest area of West Palm Beach, which served as the city's all-Black community from 1894 to 1960.
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	Additional Physical Form:	This collection has been digitized and is available on the Florida Memory website at https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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	General Note:	Florida Photographic Collection Number P1982-30
	Electronic Records Access:	https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
	Subject Access Fields:	Resler, Richard E., 1865-1946. African Americans History 1877-1964. Florida Agriculture Florida Buildings Florida. Hotels Florida Photographs. aat Lake Worth (Fla.) Palm Beach (Fla.) West Palm Beach (Fla.)
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