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HMA0425
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Title
Claude A. Renshaw papers - 1926-1950
Date(s)
- 1926-1950 (Creation)
Extent
2 boxes (10 linear inches)
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Correspondence, numerous maps, reports, newspaper clippings, architectural and engineering plans for Miami Beach city projects, press releases and publicity material, photographic prints, traffic surveys for 1933, 1934 and 1940, and other papers pertain to the work of the city manager for Miami Beach and reflect aspects of the city's history. Includes material on the attempt to purchase the Firestone and Warner estates at 44th Street and oceanfront, for a city park; Miami Beach tourism during the war years; the 1944-1945 "bathing suit" ordinance; and a 1945 survey of medical facilities in Dade County.
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Accession: x-1611
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Name access points
- Palm Island Bridge (Subject)
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (Subject)
- Neergaard, Charles F (Subject)
- Pancoast, Russell (Subject)