1901 – The Diebold Safe and Lock Company was installing a large vault in the County House for the use as an armory and for the Clerk of Court.
1950 – Playwright Tennessee Williams bought the house at the corner of Leon and Duncan streets from Mr. and Mrs. Lee Elmore for $13,000.
1951 – The Key West Planning Board approved a zoning change for the Dairy Queen to build on United Street near White Street.
1952 – Joe Sirugo announced that construction would commence on the drive-in theater on Stock Island with a planned opening date of January 1, 1953.
1953 – Key West began a program to inoculate all children under 15 years with gamma globulin to prevent the paralytic form of polio. A 25-year-old Navy wife was diagnosed with the non-paralytic form of the disease, the 35th case for the year.
1954 – A large crowd was on hand to watch as the auto/passenger ferry City of Key West sailed on its first trip to Cardenas, Cuba.
Information compiled by Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library
Image: Tennessee Williams standing on the porch of his home 1431 Duncan Street C 1970. Wright Langley Collection, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyslibraries/49281950621