Mainly views of Miami Beach hotel exteriors, interiors, and grounds. Includes the Lincoln, Flamingo, Wofford, Breakers (North Miami Beach), Nautilus, Haddon, Pancoast, Roney Plaza, King Cole, Fleetwood, Boulevard, Sea Breeze, Blackstone, Floridian, Atlantis, Abbey, and other hotels. Some views are not of hotels: the Flamingo polo grounds (Miami Beach), W.I.O.D. radio station broadcasting towers (Miami Beach), and Ives Dairy (6 views). 332 views.
Views of streets in Miami (Biscayne Boulevard, Brickell Avenue, Flagler Street, Miami Avenue, etc.), Miami Beach (5th Street, 23rd Street, Collins Avenue, Biscayne Avenue, Dade Boulevard, Espanola Way, Flamingo Drive, Lincoln Road, Ocean Drive, Palm Island, and Star Island), Buena Vista, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale, Hialeah, Hollywood, Homestead, Magnolia Park, Miramar, Shenandoah). Views of parades include Armistice Days, American Legion, Shriners (1928 convention and other years), and Palm Fete. 261 views.
Views of Miami Beach parks (Flamingo, Lummus) and statues (Henry Flagler monument, Indian on horse, polo player, Carl Fisher monument). 37 views.
Men, women and children in bathing suits and at the beach (Miami Beach). Includes views of Roman Pools, lifeguards, and some prominent individuals (Al Smith, Jack Dempsey, Glenn Curtiss, Jackie Ott, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fisher). 179 views.
Views of bathing casinoes (Roman Pools, Cook's, Hardie's, Smith's, Deauville, Sunny Isles, Opa-locka pool), beach sports (swimming, diving, water polo, aqua-planing), Views of Palm Fete, beauty pageants, lifeguards, Christmas day at the beach (1921, 1926), and a Miami Beach high school class. Beach scenes at Lummus Park and South Beach. 330 views.
No gambling casinoes are in this series.
Views of polo players, matches and grounds on Miami Beach. Players include John Herty, Harvey Firestone and Carl Grahm Fisher; teams include the Cuban army polo team. Views of statues of polo players, by Pellegatta. 140 views.
Amateur sports include skeet shooting, tennis, baseball, and basketball. Professional sports include Babe Ruth in an exhibition ball game, the Stribling-Dempsey boxing match, and the 1926 automobile race at Fulford. Parimutual sports include dog racing, Jai Alai, and horse racing (Hialeah Park). 54 views.
Views relating to agriculture in Davie, Pennsuco, Clewiston, Florida City, Homestead, Allapattah, etc. Miami Beach Garden Club. 1920-1941. 108 views.
The series originally contained 418 views. Most of these original prints and negatives no longer existed by 1974.
Aerial views of places in Miami-Dade County, including Miami Beach, Miami, Hialeah, and Opa-locka. Some shots of airplanes and airplane wrecks during or just after World War I. About 310 views.
Picnics and parties, including Matheson's chowder party (i.e., Biscayne Bay Yacht Club), Angler's picnic at Soldier Key, Committee of 100 picnic at Cocolobo Key, child's birthday party hosted by Al Capone, and Rod and Reel Club event at Sunny Isles. 28 views.
Mainly views of businesses, including Sears tent, Flagler Kennel Club, Howells Auto, FPL, Matlack's studio, Tip Top Grocery, and Esquire Bar. Some photographs of objects, such as jewelry, an exercise machine, and Dixie sportsware. About 35 negatives, some of which are physically deteriorated..
Views of present-day Everglades National Park and environs, Tamiami Trail and environs, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Ft. Jefferson (Dry Tortugas). Includes scenery, structures, wildlife, people, etc. Approximately 425 views.