Saturday, March 30, 2013

Ad for Miami Coca-Cola Bottling Co. - 1940

From the Miami Daily News, April 1, 1940.







Friday, March 29, 2013

Loew's Riviera Theater opens - Feb. 16, 1956

Miami Daily News, Feb. 15, 1956.
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Miami Daily News, Feb. 16, 1956.




Dining out in Miami in 1955

Ads for Miami restaurants from the Miami Daily News, Dec. 28, 1955.


Leonard's La Peña, 7699 Bird Road.
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Pumpernik's, 76th St. and Collins Ave.


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Capt. Tom's, 28 N.W. North River Drive.



April 7, 1950: Review of Capt. Toms in the Miami Daily News.



Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Miami's first drive-in theater opens - Feb. 1938

From the Miami Daily News, Feb. 27, 1938.

Miami's first drive-in theater, the Miami Drive-In Theater, opens in Feb. 1938 at NW 7th Avenue and 79th Street. .

"35 cents per person ... no charge for car."


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1957 newspaper ad for Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant

From the Miami News, Dec. 15, 1957.





Sunday, March 24, 2013

Miami prime time TV shows in 1957



Miami News, Dec. 14, 1957.

Miami News, Dec. 15, 1957.

Miami News, Dec. 19, 1957.



Saturday, March 23, 2013

1922 ad for the Coral Gables real estate company of Dammers & Gillette and Harry A. Burnes

From the Miami Daily Metropolis, Aug. 3, 1922.




Dammers & Gillette and Harry A. Burnes company bus. (1923)






Monday, March 18, 2013

1947 newspaper ad for National Airlines

From the Miami Daily News, June 26, 1947.

"Flying July 1, on National Airlines. NEWEST...FINEST...FASTEST. Douglas DC-6."



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National Airlines stewardesses get uniforms designed by Oleg Cassini

50 years ago....

From the Miami News, Jan. 20, 1963: "Oleg Cassini Outfit 'Sends' Stewardesses"


Miami News, March 19, 1963.





Sunday, March 17, 2013

Ad for Uncle John's Pancake House - 1963

From the Miami News, March 15, 1963.


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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Newspaper ad for Leisure City homes - 1953

From the Miami Daily News, March 22, 1953.

Ad for homes in Leisure City. 






Friday, March 15, 2013

1953 newspaper ad for radio station WIOD

From the Miami Daily News, March 22, 1953.

The Sunday afternoon and evening lineup on radio station WIOD.






Wednesday, March 13, 2013

March 1961 - Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale

Ft. Lauderdale - March 27, 1961. Minnesota college student
George Dalluge, 22, dangles
from a traffic light high above The Strip.

March 27, 1961.

March 28, 1961.

March 29, 1961.

Miami News, March 29, 1961.

March 30, 1961.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

1910 newspaper ad for J.A. Dann's harness shop

From the Daily Metropolis, Dec. 1, 1910.







Saturday, March 9, 2013

Ad for Seybold's Ice Cream - 1912

From the Miami Daily Metropolis, June 4, 1912.

"Seybold's Ice Cream, the healthful summer food."


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Friday, March 8, 2013

Ad for Smith's Book Store - 1913

From the Miami Daily Metropolis, July 2, 1913.





Newspaper ads for Coca-Cola, 1911-1913

From the Miami Daily Metropolis.

July 29, 1911.

Sept. 1, 1911.

June 6, 1912.

Feb. 4, 1913.

July 5, 1913.






Thursday, March 7, 2013

Havana by Greyhound - 1958

From the Miami News, Aug. 17, 1958.





Wednesday, March 6, 2013

'I Am Going To Live At Cocoanut Grove!'

From the Daily Metropolis, Dec. 3, 1910.


Ad from 1910 extolling the benefits of living in "Cocoanut Grove."
"Here you can have your own garden and tropical trees and live the life of a country gentleman, away from the hurly burly of the city."


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Monday, March 4, 2013

Flagler Street - ca. 1920s

Looking west on East Flagler Street from 1st Ave., circa 1920.


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Friday, March 1, 2013

Newspaper boy ad - 1959

From the Miami News, Nov. 11, 1959.