Miami Archives - Tracing the rich history of Miami, Miami Beach and the Florida Keys

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68113399882254110332026-05-19T06:07:02.230-04:00Miami Archives - Tracing the rich history of Miami, Miami Beach and the Florida KeysMiami, Miami Beach, Florida Keys history. Miami Herald and Miami News archives Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.comBlogger749125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-51707495853555385982017-04-25T08:00:00.000-04:002017-04-25T08:00:05.569-04:00Ad for The Terrace Café at the Omni Hotel - 1984

From the Miami News, Oct. 27, 1984

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-79934188198483088612017-04-15T07:30:00.000-04:002017-04-15T07:30:06.421-04:00Miami police chief gets tough on speeders in 1912

Miami's police chief proposed a 12 mile an hour speed limit on city streets. "No more speeding on the highways in the city of Miami," said the chief. According to a story in the Aug. 10, 1912 issue of the Miami Daily Metropolis,  the police chief told his officers to arrest any violator "whether white or black, rich or poor. "Further," the paper reported, "it will make no difference

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-73649757252736098552017-04-12T07:30:00.000-04:002017-04-12T07:30:17.348-04:00Halcyon Hotel - 1912

Halcyon Hotel at 12th Street and Avenue B (Now East Flagler and 2nd Avenue.)Click here to enlarge. Detail from above photo looking west on 12th Street. (Now Flagler Street.)Click here to enlarge. Detail of center right of main photo.Click here to enlarge.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-70954894669028626612017-03-28T13:39:00.003-04:002017-03-28T13:39:47.159-04:00Neil Rogers in Tropic Magazine, April 28, 1985

Tropic magazine, April 28, 1985 By Marc Fisher The King of South Florida Talk sits in an ugly orange easy chair under three spotlights, leaning forward, his lips nearly touching the silver WINZ microphone. He is surrounded by scraps of newspaper. He stares at the clock, glances over to the telephone console. No lights blinking. His nails are bitten to the quick. His head twitches back

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-49905786375331028992017-03-28T07:00:00.000-04:002017-03-28T07:00:10.264-04:00Miami Beach restaurants - 1947

Newspaper ads for Miami Beach restaurants - from the Miami Daily News, March 5, 1947. Click image to enlarge.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-66908247803833603592017-03-06T07:00:00.000-05:002017-03-06T07:00:29.742-05:00Vintage Cuba travel ad for 'Hotel Nacional de Cuba'

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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-5422863604789555932017-02-21T08:00:00.000-05:002017-02-21T08:00:11.944-05:00Allen's Drugs in South Miami

Miami Herald, June 10, 2016: Neon sign vanished; now Allen’s drugstore and diner going too

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-47731655831764053842017-02-13T08:30:00.000-05:002017-02-13T08:30:24.335-05:00Jackie Gleason brings his show to Miami Beach - 1964

Jackie Gleason on the set of his show in Miami Beach. Miami News, Sept. 26, 1964. Jackie Gleason in 1968 publicity photo in Miami Beach.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-59650686454581556512017-02-06T07:00:00.000-05:002017-02-06T07:00:20.840-05:00Washington Avenue - 1970s

Paris Theater and Big Chips fruit market on Washington Ave., Miami Beach.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-51772972406584523892017-01-30T07:00:00.000-05:002017-01-30T07:00:13.222-05:00Ad for the Clover Club - 1952

From the Miami Daily News, Feb. 12, 1952. Newspaper ad for The Clover Club, 118 Biscayne Boulevard.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-37584403029601823722017-01-22T09:30:00.000-05:002017-01-22T09:30:26.674-05:00Newspaper ad for Carl Fisher Properties on Miami Beach - 1928

From the Miami Daily News, March 2, 1928.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-54245400389467231272017-01-15T07:30:00.000-05:002017-01-15T07:30:07.068-05:00Freedom Tower - 1983

Click image to enlarge. 69-STORY HILTON TOWER IS PLANNED DOWNTOWN  Saturday, June 26, 1982 by JAMES RUSSELL Herald Financial Editor A glass-enclosed 69-story tower with 529 condominium apartments and 500 Hilton hotel rooms is planned just off Biscayne Boulevard alongside the historic Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. Details of the $170-million project, scheduled to start in early

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-25412732658560460282017-01-04T11:30:00.000-05:002017-01-04T11:30:34.050-05:00Orange Bowl - 1940

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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-85198506306793128792016-12-28T09:00:00.000-05:002016-12-28T14:18:50.034-05:00Northrop Bombers over Miami, 1939.

Northrop BT-1 Bombers over Miami, 1939.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-23454430791363518652016-12-23T14:00:00.000-05:002016-12-23T14:02:20.903-05:00Downtown Miami Burdines Christmas display - (circa 1950s)

Spectators watch the 'World's Largest Santa,' 65 feet in height, and a 70-foot  Christmas tree during the formal lighting ceremony in Miami on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 23, 1950. Synchronized to music, the display is lighted by more than a mile  of multi-colored neon tubes. The tribute to the forthcoming Holiday,  erected on the pedestrian bridge over Miami

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-52075114463763321912016-12-22T07:30:00.000-05:002016-12-22T07:30:12.898-05:00Police crack down on gangster 'invasion' of Miami - 1935

From the Miami Daily News, Nov. 1, 1935.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-17549508057853170192016-12-15T15:00:00.000-05:002016-12-15T15:00:25.404-05:00Navy recruits marching on Biscayne Boulevard - 1942

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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-28601685802485789112016-12-10T06:30:00.000-05:002016-12-10T06:30:31.469-05:00Ralph Renick anchors the news on Aug. 7, 1957

wtvj, ralph renick, tv miami 1950s

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-64185607160510776432016-11-23T08:00:00.000-05:002016-11-23T08:00:10.813-05:001981...A record number of murders in Dade County

From the Miami News 35 years ago. On Nov. 30, 1981, with a month still to go before the end of the year, Dade County was well on its way to breaking 1980's record of 579 murders. November's final weekend was particularly bloody. From the Miami News story by Verne Williams: The weekend toll was grim: A man was stabbed to death this morning in a Miami drug store parking lot. A

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-7937115158629086562016-11-12T10:00:00.000-05:002016-11-12T10:00:22.223-05:00Burdines in Downtown Miami

1926 1941 1950

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-32282288699705720772016-11-08T14:30:00.000-05:002016-11-08T14:30:35.537-05:00Bettie Page at Funland Amusement Park - 1954

Pin-up model Bettie Page at Funland Amusement Park on N.W. 27th Ave. in 1954. Photographed by Bunny Yeager.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-64021733346851591692016-10-27T10:00:00.000-04:002016-10-27T10:14:35.203-04:00Dining 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.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-66620044143037269412016-10-21T07:00:00.000-04:002016-10-21T07:00:10.573-04:00Newspaper 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.

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811339988225411033.post-70935567954002784102016-10-12T14:00:00.000-04:002016-10-12T14:27:09.906-04:00Colony 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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