Vintage Florida poster, (Unknown date)
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
1927 newspaper ads from the Miami Daily News
From the Miami Daily News, Oct. 22, 1927.
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Century Hotel, 140 Ocean Drive
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| Circa 1939. (Click all images to enlarge.) |
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| Miami Daily News, Feb. 6, 1941. |
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| Photograph by Walter Smalling via the Library of Congress. March, 1980. |
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| Google Street view, May, 2011. |
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
John Dillinger killed - Miami Daily News, July 24, 1934
Eighty years ago today:
John Dillinger killed in Chicago on July 22, 1934.
John Dillinger killed in Chicago on July 22, 1934.
DILLINGER STEPS
IN U.S. TRAP AT
CHICAGO MOVIE
CHICAGO, July 23.—(AP)—Dillinger's dead!
He swaggered from a neighborhood theater last night into the raking fire of government guns. Too late he saw the gleaming steel of the trap set for him.
His hand went for his gun. Too late. Three bullets tore into his body—one in the neck, two in the body. He staggered, fell.
It was the end of John Dillinger.
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Here's how the Miami Daily News reported his demise in its July 24, 1934 issue.
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Miami Beach Police Department's traffic cam in 1939
In 1939, before anyone had ever heard of drones, the Miami Beach Police Department was keeping an eye on things with this cutting-edge technology.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Miami Undercover TV series - 1961
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| 1960 broadcasting trade magazine ad. |
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| Miami News, July 17, 1960. (Click to enlarge.) |
Associated Press, Nov. 8, 1959: New TV Series Being Filmed
Miami News, Oct. 18, 1960: TV Series 'Crowded Out,' 'Undercover' Going to Hollywood
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Hoffman's Cafeteria on Collins Avenue
Before it was the Warsaw Ballroom or Jerry's Famous Deli, the iconic building at Collins Avenue and Espanola Way on Miami Beach was home to Hoffman's Cafeteria.
During World War II when the Army trained pilots on Miami Beach, Hoffman's, and three other Miami Beach restaurants, were taken over by the military and used as mess halls for cadets.
Miami Daily News, April 7, 1942: Army Takes Over Hoffman's, and 3 other Miami Beach restaurants
Miami Daily News, Feb. 7, 1954: Cafeteria Pay Hiked on Beach
Miami.com: Jerry's Famous Deli on South Beach is now closed
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Miami Beach hotels in 1940s vintage postcards
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| Shelborne Hotel (Click all images to enlarge) |
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| Royal Palm Hotel |
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| Poinciana Hotel |
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
1936 Beach Fashions from Burdine's
1936 newsreel with models showing beach fashions from Burdine's Department Store.
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