Below is a photo of Hank Hall, who served as Lake Worth's police chief from 1959 to 1968. A photograph hanging near this one shows the entire Lake Worth police force in those years. It consists of about 20 men.
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| Lake Worth Police Chief Hank Hall, who served from 1959 to 1968 |
Lake Worth doesn't have a police department anymore. We contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, paying them $14 million a year to keep us safe. Who are the deputies who cover Lake Worth today? Are they are neighbors? Our sons, uncles, nephews? Do they live here?
Besides photographs, the museum has on display a lovely art deco wardrobe and dresser, mannequins with clothes worn in Lake Worth 100 years ago, old stoves, typewriters, sewing machines, a piece of wood from the fist bridge built over Lake Worth in 1919, old maps showing the original platting of the city, cultural displays for the Finns, Lithuanians and Poles that helped settle the area and an advertisement from the late 1940s maybe for a "Complete Luncheon for Only 58 cents" at the Park Lane Cafeteria at 922 Lucerne.The museum, which is spread out over a few small rooms on the second floor of the City Hall Annex at 414 Lake Avenue, is operated by the Lake Worth Public Library. It is now open just two afternoons a week, Wednesday and Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. It is staffed by volunteers.
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| The Lake Worth Casino and Baths, not long before it opened in 1922, had slot machines until the 1930s. |
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| Art deco wardrobe and dresser with art deco sculpture on top |
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| Displays for the founding communities of Lake Worth -- the Fins, Lithuanians and Poles -- in the foreground lead to a room with photos and information about the founding of the first churches. |
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| Photos showing scenes of life in the early years of the city. The top photo shows a tour car advertising trips from St. Louis, Mo. to Lake Worth, Fl. In the background is the Lake Worth Herald building. The photo was taken in 1912, the year the paper began printing. |
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