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Newspaper-real estate schemes of the 1920s : pell lake and other vacation colonies for working class subscribers / Margaret B. Barker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, Margaret B., 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Resorts--Wisconsin--Pell Lake--History--20th century.
- Resorts.
- Real estate development--Wisconsin--Pell Lake--History--20th century.
- Real estate development.
- Newspaper publishing--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Resorts--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Advertising, Newspaper--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Advertising, Newspaper.
- Advertising--Real estate business--United States--Case studies.
- Advertising.
- Real estate development--United States--Case studies.
- Newspaper publishing--United States--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- "In the 1920s, newspapers and real estate developers colluded in a scheme to sell tiny vacation lots to subscribers. A zealous advertising campaign spawned a land-buying frenzy that sprouted dozens of waterfront summer colonies across the country. The resulting legal, social and environmental mayhem caused some of these communities to disappear or be drastically altered in character, while others managed to survive more or less intact. Drawing on newspaper accounts of the day, this book explores how the scheme eluded accusations of fraud, creating an assembly line for middle class resorts through a lucrative merger of real estate and journalism. Pell Lake, Wisconsin, serves as a case study that yields the best evidence for determining if it was all a scam. Told here for the first time, the story of this unusual alliance and the communities it created offers lessons for today's entrepreneurs, journalists, advertisers, real estate developers, environmentalists and anyone who has ever lived in a resort community"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The lake, the farmer and the dentist
- Creating a newspaper colony
- The genesis of the alliance
- Closing in on the deal
- The early colonies and the promotional articles
- The later colonies and the display ads
- The economic aftermath
- Hybrids and clones
- William Randolph Hearst
- Environmental factors
- Legal aspects
- Racial issues
- Social considerations
- Pell Lake in context and comparison.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4179-X
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