Dining out in Miami in 1953

From the Miami Daily News, May 1, 1953

Ads for Broussard's of New Orleans on 36th Street, Preview Lounge on Coral Way and  Hickory House on Liberty Avenue in Miami Beach.

Newspaper ad for Blevins & Haynie restaurant on 12th Street - 1897

From the Miami Metropolis, March 12, 1897.

Newspaper ad for Blevins & Haynie restaurant on 12th Street, (Flagler St.) next to Brady & Co. Grocery.

Colony Theater on Lincoln Road opens - Jan. 1935

From the Miami Daily News...

Colony Theater on Lincoln Road opens with Carole Lombard as Guest of Honor - Jan. 25, 1935.

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Ice manufacturing at Florida Power & Light Co. in the 1920s

Florida Power and Light Company ice plant in Miami - 1926.

Ice wagon - 1927.

Joe's Restaurant ad, Jan., 1935

From the Miami Daily News, Jan. 16, 1935

Newspaper ad for Joe's Restaurant on Miami Beach; which later became Joe's Stone Crab.

The Ingraham Building in downtown Miami

From the Miami Daily News, May 24, 1927.

In 1927,  you could pay for your electricity, water, gas and ice at Florida Power and Light's offices in the Ingraham Building at 25 S.E. 2nd Avenue in downtown Miami.

1927

2012. (Photo by Exploratus)

Old Key West Houses

Old Key West houses, businesses (and cars) photographed in 1965 by the Property Appraiser's Office.

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1018 Watson Lane.
Built 1928.

1016 Watson St.
Built c. 1906.

1025 Catherine St.
Built c. 1906.

1117 Watson St.
Built c. 1890.

1107 Watson St.

1103 Virginia St.

Arthur's Newsstand, 1100 Truman Ave.
Built c. 1912. 

House at 1216 White St.
Garage - Brady's Bicycle Repair.
House built c. 1899. 

Santiago's Barber Shop, 1108 White St.