Photographs

The photographs on the home page of this Centennial website are representative of the many people who have, over the past century, contributed to Pompano Beach ’s rich history. Below are the photographs in their original forms (click to enlarge):

Alden Waterman “A.W.” Turner, sat on the first Pompano Town Council in 1908. In 1915 he was elected to be the first Broward County Sheriff.; he served in that office from 1915 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1931.

The daughter of Bernal J. Allen, owner of Curlew Wells Bottled Water, and a friend stand behind one of the delivery trucks, ca. 1930s.

Rebecca Alexander came to Pompano in 1914; during the 1920s she began working as a midwife and over the years delivered many Pompano babies, both black and white.

Local farmer and civic leader, W. B. Cheshire, stands in one of his bean fields, 1935.

The multi-talented Rev. Robert Wilmore McKenzie was the first African-American licensed electrician in Pompano Beach as well as a music teacher.

Pompano Beach High School alumnus Don Downie (right) with Pompano Beach Mayor John Rayson at the dedication of the high schools new, 2005.

Frank Sheen came to this area to do survey work for the Florida East Coast Canal Company in the mid 1890s. He is given the credit for naming the settlement “Pompano.”