C. O. Richardson Family Papers - 1896-1955

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HMA0078

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C. O. Richardson Family Papers - 1896-1955

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  • 1896-1955 (Creation)

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2.00 Boxes

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Correspondence, receipts, photographs and ephemera mostly pertaining to Musa Isle Fruit Farm.

Letter from Henry Flagler enclosing an article: "Cultivation of Bananas" [not in repository] for Richardson, whose place had "quite a patch of bananas."

Advertising section of The Miami Metropolis, January 24, 1908 lists several Miami businesses and attractions.

First place certificate award presented to Otis Richardson by Dade County Agricultural and Horticultural Society,1902. Also includes a view of his display.

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  • English

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    Gift of Cyane Berning.

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    1985-108

    1988-042

    1988-133

    1986-201

    1990-266

    1990-267

    1996-0389

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    © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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