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Key West Custom House
2015-06-21T14:37:17-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTU1XC8yMDE1MDYyMTE0NDMwODAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Cori Convertito talked about the U.S. Custom House in Key West, Florida, and the city’s development as a port town in the 1820s. The U.S. Custom House and Key West were central parts of the Atlantic trade route. By the 1880s, the annual revenue generated in Key West was greater than the revenue from all of Florida’s other ports combined.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Key West, Florida, from April 23-28 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Key West, Florida, from April 23-28 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Cori Convertito talked about the U.S. Custom House in Key West, Florida, and the city’s development as a port town in the 1820s. The U.S. Cu… read more
Cori Convertito talked about the U.S. Custom House in Key West, Florida, and the city’s development as a port town in the 1820s. The U.S. Custom House and Key West were central parts of the Atlantic trade route. By the 1880s, the annual revenue generated in Key West was greater than the revenue from all of Florida’s other ports combined.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Key West, Florida, from April 23-28 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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