Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Newspaper ad for The Royal Pharmacy - 1909


From the Miami Metropolis, Feb. 10, 1909.







Monday, April 28, 2014

'Cocoanut trees along the docks, Miami' - early 1900s


via the Library of Congress.




Fort Dallas Hotel, Avenue C, Miami - early 1900s


Miami Metropolis,  Feb. 10, 1909. 

via the Library of Congress.
(Click to enlarge.)

Miami Daily Metropolis, March 21, 1912. 




Thursday, April 24, 2014

Newsreel showing postwar Miami in 1946


Via British Pathé.

Postwar Miami (1946) shown in a British newsreel.

Scenes include: Miami skyline, glamorous girls in swimsuits posing on yacht. Various shots people beside swimming pool - more glam women, men smoking cigars and playing cards, overhead shot of Lincoln Road (at 0:20), Various shots crowded shopping streets, fashionable dresses and expensive jewelry in shop windows. Various shots of people at Hialeah racetrack. Various shots exterior and interior of "Five O'Clock Club, inside nightclub couples are dancing. Various night shots neon lights.







Wednesday, April 23, 2014

1927 newspaper ad for the Venetian Bridge


From the Miami Daily News, April 29, 1927.







Sunday, April 20, 2014

Newspaper ad for the Playhouse West Steak Pit in Coconut Grove


From the Miami News, April 24, 1964.


Click to enlarge.