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Listen: The FolkFolk ProgramAmphitheatre on the boardwalk at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Publication Information
Subject Term
Coquina construction
New Deal, 1933-1939
Public works
Real photo postcards
Service industries--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Tourism--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Attractions--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Outdoor recreation--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Architecture--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Outdoor concert facilities--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Bandstands--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Amphitheaters--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
Music facilities--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach
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Physical Description
General Note
Number on back, bottom center: S3021.
Built in 1937 by the WPA as a public works project during the New Deal. The Daytona Beach Bandshell and Oceanfront Park Complex was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Accompanying note: "World's Largest Bandshell, Daytona Beach, Fla. This majestic structure built of beautiful coquina shell, towers the Atlantic Ocean, the World's Most Famous Beach and borders the concrete boardwalk. Late model devices are used for staging and broadcasting musical, dramatic and other entertaining programs."
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