"Mosquito Proof Dining" at the Fleetwood Hotel, Miami Beach

Proof that Miami Beach was once a swamp.

The Fleetwood Hotel on West Avenue, Miami Beach advertised itself as "The Coolest Spot in Florida" and offered "Mosquito Proofed" dining.

From the July 2, 1925 issue of the Miami Daily News.

View of the Fleetwood Hotel (left,) from Star Island.  Image via University of Miami Digital Archive.

Ad for Fleetwood Hotel, 1934.

Vintage Florida travel brochure

Unknown date, but probably sometime before 1963.

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Vintage Miami and Miami Beach postcards

h/t: Curbed Miami

Vintage 1942 postcard.
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Collins Avenue with its multitude of luxury resort hotels 
in Miami Beach. (1950s)
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Fabulous Miami Beach.
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Oceanfront hotels, Miami Beach. 
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Typical home on Pine Tree Drive - Miami Beach, Florida.
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"Sun Time" at Miami Beach, Florida.
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Flagler Street from Biscayne Boulevard - Miami, Florida
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Skyscraper hotels on Miami's waterfront - Miami, Florida
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Charter and Sight-seeing Boats at Miami's City Yacht Basin.
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Tropical Miami
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Fishing boats in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida.
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Lummus Park, Miami Beach, Florida.
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Moon over Miami.
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Rare photographs of Miami Beach police officers

Miami Beach police officers in front of City Hall. (1921)
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[via Miami Beach digital archives]

Motorcycle officers at old Miami Beach Police station
at 725 1st Street.

Colony Theater on Lincoln Road. (1941?)

Old Miami Beach city jail at First Street and Meridian Ave.
(1936)

Collins Ave., Miami Beach - 1924

Collins Avenue, Miami Beach - 1924.
photograph by William Fishbaugh.

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1929 newspaper ads for the Cozy Corner and Golden Inn on MIami Beach

From the Miami Daily News, Feb. 28, 1929.

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Two views of Miami Beach (South Beach) from 1964

Via Miami Beach digital archives.
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Castaways Motel and bar, 1960s

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