The Great Hurricane of 1926
Read Time: 2 mins These 1926 vintage photographs of the days after the “Great Miami” Hurricane were generously gifted to the MDPL in early 2018 by Alice McCollam Neary. Her father Hugh Kenneth McCollam […]
Carl Fisher’s Yacht “Shadow K”
Read Time: 2 mins These 1920’s vintage photographs of Fisher’s yacht the “Shadow K”, and its passengers, were generously gifted to the MDPL in early 2018 by Alice McCollam Neary. Her father, Hugh Kenneth […]
1983 Art Deco Weekend Poster
Read Time: 2 mins …depicting nude on blue background with palm leaves. Created by Woody Vondracek who stated, “A last minute decision by the Miami Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce killed this design as […]
1930’s Olympic High Diving Champion, Tony Zukas at Miami Beach Hotels
Read Time: 2 mins MDPL member, Nancy Usatschew has generously donated her family’s vintage photographs and articles about her uncle Tony Zukas. In the 1930s – 1940’s, he performed as an Olympic High Diving […]
The Coleman House, Asheville NC
Read Time: < 1 min The Coleman House at 36 Montford Ave. (where the Chamber of Commerce now sits) was a cause célèbre in the late 1970s when its owner, William Coleman died. “The Coleman […]
The Biscaya Hotel
Read Time: 3 mins The Biscaya Hotel was a 134,000 sq. foot Mediterranean ten story structure, located on the north side of MacArthur Causeway. Originally built in 1925, as The Floridian Hotel, it replaced the […]
McCrory’s Department Store
Read Time: 2 mins McCrory’s Department Store was located on the southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Espanola Way in Miami Beach. The commercial architect William F. Simpson designed this classic Streamline building in […]
Barbara Baer Capitman’s Drawings
Read Time: < 1 min Did you know that in between saving our Art Deco Historic District, the founder of MDPL Barbara Baer Capitman was a talented artist as well? Check out our virtual exhibit […]
Protestors Chained to Senator Hotel
Read Time: < 1 min Miami News editorial photograph by A.G. Montanari with the caption “Protesters chained to Senator Hotel”. Description says “The waiting game at Miami Beach’s Senator Hotel continued today, as Ray Halm, […]
Demolition of The Revere Hotel
Read Time: 2 mins Gianni Versace purchased the Revere Hotel at the corner of 11th Street and Ocean Drive which was next door to his building Casa Casuarina for $3.7 million in 1993. His intention […]
The Royal Palm Hotel in Miami
Read Time: 2 mins This hotel was a large resort built by railroad magnate Henry Flagler in Miami. Opened in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel was one of the first hotels in the Miami area. It sat on the north […]
Original Andy Sweet photographs
Read Time: 2 mins Andy Sweet was a gifted photographer who from 1977-1982, documented the residents of South Beach through his camera lens. In 1982 his life was tragically cut short when he was […]