During the 1920s, Frank Munson, of the Munson Steamship Line, bought a crescent shaped beach-front property on Hog Island, across from Nassau. He bought and installed cabanas for guests and named the placed Paradise Beach.
By the 1930s the beach became popular with America’s winter leisure class. Visitors accessed the beach by boat, leaving from Prince George Wharf. The beach had facilities for lunch and snacks, umbrellas and chairs, ping-pong, tennis and other games.
Huntington Hartford, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P supermarket) heir, arrived on Hog Island in 1959. Hartford bought Hog Island from Axel Wenner-Gren and changed the name to Paradise Island.
Stamps
Souvenir Lettercard
1954 – J Salmon Ltd – Souvenir Letter Card of Nassau No.2
Postcards
1953 – Transcolor Corporation (1500 Series)
1953 – Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd (No.1-39)
1953 – Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd (No.40-70)
1954 – Colorpicture (2400 Series)
1957 – Transcolor Corporation (20300 Series)
1957 – Transcolor Corporation (26200 Series)
1957 – American News Co (P17300)
1958 – Transcolor Corporation (30400 Series)
1959 – Lofthouse Agency Ltd (P20500 Series – Type A)
References
- The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean 1952