Sunday, July 21, 2013

More scenes from a 1963 film showing the soon-to-be-demolished Miami Herald building

Part three





Part four








Previously: In 1963, the brand-new Miami Herald building was 'a self-contained city with over 1,200 inhabitants'





Monday, July 15, 2013

Friday, July 12, 2013

Julia Tuttle Causeway opens - Dec. 12, 1959


Construction on the Julia Tuttle Causeway in April, 1959.
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Miami News, Dec. 13, 1959.







The day before it officially opened, WTVJ anchor Ralph Renick took a
spin on the "Tuttle" in a 1959 Simca Aronde Oceane.






Thursday, July 11, 2013

1928 newspaper ad for Carl Fisher Properties

From the Miami Daily News, March 10, 1928.


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Dining out in Miami and Miami Beach in 1959

Miami and Miami Beach restaurant ads from the Miami News, Dec. 13, 1959.



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Monday, July 8, 2013

1928 newspaper ad for the City of Miami Beach

From the Miami Daily News, March 11, 1928.



        "REMAIN AT MIAMI BEACH 
UNTIL SUMMER SUN GOES NORTH"

"Don't return north to colds and illness when you may remain in the healthful sunshine of Miami Beach..."



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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

In 1963, the brand-new Miami Herald building was 'a self-contained city with over 1,200 inhabitants'

Excerpts from a 1963 documentary film produced for the Miami Herald by Miami filmmaker Fred Frink.

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Part one: "A self-contained city with over 1200 inhabitants"... including 93 classified ad takers.





Part two: "From these typewriters come stories of the latest fashions for Milady..." (By the way, that's legendary Herald sports writer Ed Pope on the telephone in the opening shot.)