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The Hampton House Motel and Villas was located at 4200 N. W. 27th Avenue, Miami. The resort catered to Black visitors to Miami.

George du Manoir, was both a member and chronicler of the smart set in Miami Beach. His witty and sometimes acidic commentaries, probably privately printed for a select audience, followed the lives of celebrities, industrialists, socialites and hangers-on who were residents or winter visitors on the island. Gar Wood, Jane Fisher, Robert and Evelyn Gifford, Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, are among those mentioned.

Bonnie Burt is a filmmaker and photographer known for documenting various aspects of Jewish life throughout the world. Some of her films include Song of a Jewish Cowboy, Abraham and Eugenia: Stories from Jewish Cuba, and Trees Cry for Rain: A Sephardic Journey. In 1984, Bonnie began visiting her retired grandparents in Miami Beach, Florida. While there, she documented the vibrant and independent lives of elderly Jewish residents, the neighborhoods they resided in, the shops, beaches, and activities they frequented. Most of the retirees in Miami Beach at the time were from the northeast seeking to live out their golden years in the sun. According to Burt, “There was a loose knit informal community which formed at the hotels and at the beaches based on shared life experiences. Being together was a source of comfort, support and camaraderie for those living on South Beach, far from their families. Despite the many challenges of aging, there was also a joie de vivre, an enjoyment of life, in this group of elderly Jews who once lived on South Beach.” Selects from this project are showcased in her photography books, God's Waiting Room and South Beach Remembered.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is the cathedral seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Organized in 1896, it is the oldest church in the original city limits of Miami and was elevated to cathedral status in 1970 with the creation of the Southeast Episcopal Diocese. The present building was constructed at North Bayshore Drive and NE 16th Street on land purchased in 1923 at the height of the Florida real estate boom. The building was designed by Miami Architect Harold Hastings Mundy and completed in 1925. Citing its architectural and historical significance, the cathedral was placed on the U. S. Department of the Interior's Register of National Historic Places.

The Cates family of Miami, Florida included Dennis; his wife Elmira; and their children, Alice, Samuel and Henry. The family patriarch, Dennis Cates, was born in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas. He worked as a farmer and ship captain, settling in Cape Sable as a coconut proprietor in 1884, where he planted over 40,000 coconut palms. After being granted a sum of the land he managed, he settled as a pioneer in Miami in the early 1900s, selling coconut oil and copra. He worked as a carpenter in his spare time, helping to build the first homes in Miami Beach. He built a Miami home for his family as well as an apartment building at 22 NW 23rd Street.