Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party It's party time! (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party Jekyll Island celebrated its 75th anniversary with a street party. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party When the State of Georgia bought Jekyll Island and the exclusive Jekyll Island Club for use as a state park 75 years ago, Governor M.E. Thompson declared the island “a playground that now belongs to every Georgian.” For the first time in its history, a sizeable portion of Georgia’s coastline became available for public use. Plans were quickly implemented to “transform Jekyll into the finest seashore park in America,” from a fading millionaire’s retreat to a public treasure. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party The State of Georgia purchased the island in 1947 for $675,000 or about $6.7 million today. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party Jekyll Island opened to the public as a state park on March 5, 1948, with an evening dinner celebration in the Grand Dining Room of the Jekyll Island Club. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party Jekyll Island Authority was established as a self-supporting state agency in 1950 to steward the new state park’s natural and cultural resources and protect it from overdevelopment. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party The party includes music, a vintage car show, lawn games and more! (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party Wylie Caudill, an interactive public mural artist based in Louisville, was tapped to create the island’s first mural art installation in Beach Village. Caudill, is the great-grandson of Tallulah “Tallu” Fish who established the Jekyll Island Museum in Indian Mound Cottage, the former home of William Rockefeller. (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party To learn more about the 75th anniversary, check out https://www.jekyllisland.com/ (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party (Jekyll Island Authority)
Jekyll Island’s 75th Anniversary Street Party (Jekyll Island Authority)
