South Florida Photograph Collection - 1870-2022

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Reference code

HMA0014

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Collection

Title

South Florida Photograph Collection - 1870-2022

Date(s)

  • 1870-2017 (Creation)

Extent

20,000+ Items (63 linear ft.)

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Scope and content

An artificial collection of photographic prints relating to the history of the Miami region and South Florida, collected by the archives from numerous sources from 1940 to the present.

Geographic headings include the Bahamas, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Cuba, Miami-Dade County, the Everglades region, Florida Keys, Hialeah, Key West, Miami, Miami Beach, etc.

Topical headings include agriculture (comptie starch, sugar, etc.), businesses and organizations (Burdines, etc.), ethnic groups (African Americans, Cubans, Haitians, Jews, Seminoles, etc.), hurricanes, sports (baseball, football, fishing, horse racing, j'ai alai, polo, sailing, etc.), transportation (aviation, automobiles, bridges, causeways, railroads, ships and boats, Tamiami Trail, etc.), tourism (attractions, alligators, etc.), and wars (Seminole, Spanish-American, world wars, etc.).

Biographical files include Brickell family, John C. Gifford (botanist), Carl Fisher (developer and entrepreneur), Oliver Griswold, James Franklin Jaudon (developer), George Merrick (developer), Arva Moore Parks (collector and historian), Thelma Peters (collector and historian), Everest and John Sewell (mayors and businessmen), Julia Tuttle, Karl Voelter (aviator), and Hamilton Wright (publicity photographer).

System of arrangement

The photographs are organized into four series: geographical or topical; biographical, family or provenance; slides; artifact photographs. Within each series, folders are arranged alphabetically.

Series 1-3 are arranged alphabetically. Some headings include over-sized materials which are boxed and housed separately. [R60 & R59]

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Conditions governing access

The collection is open for research.

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      Acquisition and appraisal elements

      Custodial history

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      Mainly gifts, singly or in small lots. Provenance may be traced through the accession numbers.

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      Some of the small collections are separately described in more detail.

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      Archivist's note

      Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.

      Archivist's note

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

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