Back in the early days of the 20th century, when Joseph Young was envisioning and building his dream city of Hollywood-by-the-Sea, segregation laws were still in effect in the US. (more…)
It’s 2025, and Hollywood is getting into the swing of its year-long, 100th birthday celebration. What better time to do a deep dive into the life of Joseph Wesley Young, (more…)
Discover Hollywood’s Past at the Hollywood History Hunt and Disco Ball A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… history was being made—just like it is every day (more…)
It was around 1920, the story goes, when Joseph W. Young, a developer and visionary from California, stood in a field somewhere near the center of today’s downtown Hollywood. Looking (more…)
The Grand Opening presentation of “Our Liberia: Making Hollywood History”, the Hollywood Historical Society’s first foray into a major City-grant-funded education project, was held at the Young Circle ArtsPark Gallery (more…)
In the past few years, the Hollywood Historical Society has attracted an influx of new members and new thinking which have given this venerable organization a new direction. The HHS (more…)
Get ready to join the festivities as Hollywood gears up to celebrate its impending 100th anniversary! Among the jubilant celebrations, there’s another milestone worth noting: the Hollywood Historical Society is (more…)
As the Hollywood Historical Society approaches its 50-year anniversary, we want to honor the real heroes of the organization, the tireless volunteers at the heart of the HSS, the Research (more…)
Learn about the beginnings of South Florida from a different point of view when the Hollywood Historical Society takes to the water with its first-ever Waterways History Cruise. The (more…)
The Hollywood Historical Society is readying for the January debut of a new exhibit, “Waterways,” exploring our city’s intricate and intimate association with the element that is so much a (more…)
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