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- Spring Break: 1941
- March 5, 1941. "Raleigh Hotel, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. Pool from center. L. Murray Dixon, architect." ... the world my grandmother would take her mink wrap down to Miami Beach. (Wrap: bigger than stole, smaller than coat.) Was it ever cool ... Posted by Dave - 03/15/2013 - 10:22am -
- Palm Beach: 1905
- Florida circa 1905. "The Palm Beach 'trolley.' " Early development in the Sunshine State. 8x10 inch dry plate ... on 1 HP.
Old Florida Having grown up in South Miami, I'm loving this series.
Anyone who attended South Florida schools in ... Posted by Dave - 07/27/2012 - 4:53pm -
- Dodge Noir: 1948
- ... for his hotel designs (most famously, the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach) where he tried to transform the guest experience into an extravaganza. ... Posted by Dave - 02/05/2013 - 8:43am -
- Foot Traffic: 1942
- ... January 21, 1942. "Mangel's, 130 E. Flagler Street, Miami, Florida. Exterior, night. Ross-Frankel Inc., client; Morris Lapidus, ... Lapidus also designed the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach - once the most glamorous of Miami Beach's hotels - which opened in 1954 ... Posted by Dave - 09/07/2013 - 11:42am -
- Roney Plaza: 1939
- April 1939. "Collins Avenue. Entrance to one of Miami Beach's better hotels." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the ... Posted by Dave - 05/01/2019 - 9:50pm -
- Gulf Service: 1939
- April 1939. "Miami Beach, Florida. Even the gas stations are on an elaborate scale, often modern ... canopy Shows very little fear of heavy snows in Miami. Love to see how it is engineered.
Wheelan's Fish Grill is Gone ... Posted by Dave - 04/25/2019 - 6:45pm -
- Xanadu: 1897
- ... East Coast Railway, the first rail line to reach Palm Beach, Miami, and eventually Key West. He employed the fledgling architecture firm of ... Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 7:57pm -
- A Different Drummer: 1925
- ... (Hugo Hespen of Washington) and niece (Etta Pfrommer of Miami Beach)
Washington Post, Feb 2, 1936
The Washington ... Posted by Dave - 09/04/2012 - 4:54pm -
- Aquacabana: 1941
- March 5, 1941. "Raleigh Hotel, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida. Snack bar. L. Murray Dixon, architect." Gottscho-Schleisner ... Army Air Forces Training Command requisitioned over 300 Miami Beach hotels, including the Raleigh. They were used both as residences ... Posted by Dave - 10/15/2013 - 9:44am -
- Concrete Cadillac: 1964
- "Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 1964." Showing further progress in the application of asphalt and cement ... my parents had a wooden hanger that says "Cadillac Hotel, Miami FLA". To my knowledge neither one visited Miami. I ended up with it and ... Posted by Dave - 07/16/2015 - 1:05pm -
- Surfside '64
- 1964. "Miami Beach from Indian Creek." The Fontainebleau Hotel at left. Medium format color ... full size.
Olds, Pontiac, Chevy, oh my! Seems Miami Beach prefers GM vehicles.
I see a couple Ramblers and a lot of ... Posted by Dave - 07/19/2015 - 5:56pm -
- Five o'Clock Shadows: 1939
- April 1939. "Miami Beach home of former Gillette Razor Blade Company president." Medium format ... who endured an impoverished rural lifestyle.
Neither Miami Beach nor its residents would seem to qualify as subject matter.
... Posted by Dave - 04/30/2019 - 10:33pm -
- Morris Lapidus: 1946
- ... The architectural ubermensch of Miami Beach, best remembered for the Fontainebleau Hotel .
Dec. 13, 1946. ... Posted by Dave - 04/16/2014 - 9:05am -
- Sand Dancers: 1922
- July 6, 1922. "People dancing on beach." Pavilion at the Potomac bathing beach in Washington. View full size. National Photo Company Collection ... I've gone to swing dances in Seattle, L.A, Chicago and Miami, and have seen Balboa in all those fine cities.
(The Gallery, D.C., ... Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:49am -
- Ahead of the Curve: 1955
- March 30, 1955. "Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach. Over pool to hotel. Morris Lapidus, client." The luxe hostelry's first ... enjoy!
(The Gallery, Florida, Gottscho-Schleisner, Miami) ... Posted by Dave - 08/04/2013 - 2:18pm -
- Fly BOAC: c.1958
- ... "Back in the U.S.S.R." stuck in my head - "Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C...." Thanks for a great historic picture of one of my favorite ... Posted by Rute Boye - 07/13/2012 - 10:37pm -
- Semmes City: 1926
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1940 sees him as a real estate salesman in Miami Beach, with most of his children still with him, but no mother-in-law.
Mary ... Posted by Dave - 06/22/2018 - 11:28am -
- Gulf Hotel: 1939
- ... Street.
April 1939. "Even the gas stations in Miami Beach are on an elaborate scale, often modern design, resembling hotels." ... Posted by Dave - 04/26/2019 - 11:58am -
- Goodyear Blimp: 1956
- ... 35mm Kodachrome slide was taken by my grandfather in the Miami/Miami Beach area around 1956. View full size.
The Blue Auto Is that a 1957 ... Posted by JohnZ14 - 09/03/2016 - 2:03pm -
- Dad the Golfer
- ... My dad in 1924 going to play a game of golf. Taken in Miami Beach, but where I'm not sure. View full size.
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