Sunday, June 30, 2013

Vintage 1950s Miami map

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

University of Miami Winter Art Class at Tahiti Beach

Original caption: An annual winter art class was held at Tahiti Beach in the 1940s. 
Tahiti Beach, once located on the southern side of the mouth of the Coral Gables Waterway,  has long been since replaced with "Gables by the Sea," an affluent gated community. 


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Stylin' in Miami 101 years ago

From the Miami Daily Metropolis, March 1, 1912.



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Newspaper ad for Regal Beer - 1949

From the Miami Daily News, Sept. 2, 1949.






Monday, June 24, 2013

Havana Night Life in 1935

From the Miami Daily News, Jan. 27, 1935.

"There's a  tingle of excitement and breathless anticipation from the moment you step off the boat in Havana harbor, but you catch the rhythm and spirit of this gay people of the sub-tropics when you see Havana after dark."



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Sunday, June 23, 2013

University of Miami students and their cars

UM students in the 1930s.
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UM freshmen, 1950s.

Students celebrate UM's victory over Purdue, 1951.


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Friday, June 21, 2013

Pan American stewardesses - 1960s & '70s


Pan Am stewardess class in Miami, January 1967.
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