Beautiful beaches and all night parties are just a small part of Miami’s charm.
“Is Miami America? Is it a state? Is it the South? … I love Miami for the same reason I love the places I love most around the world… it’s the mix here, this big, messy, dysfunctional hell broth of people from all over the world that make it so awesome and make it a place I want to keep coming back to. Also the food’s good.” – Anthony Bourdain
A book of recipes - "a number of then hitherto unpublished" - presented to promote buying a home and moving to Cooper City, Florida.Background Information:Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959.
Matted Photograph. In 1896, Florida East Coast Railway surveyor, Dr. Samuel H. Richmond erected his balloon frame house at Cutler, 16 miles south of newly chartered Miami and one of the best settlements in South Florida.Background Information:Cutler was a pioneer town in Miami-Dade County, Florida that existed from 1883 to.....
Matted Photograph. Photograph of Brickell Point, Miami in 1897 taken from the Royal Palm Hotel [Florida; Dade County] Showing the mouth of the Miami River and docks.Looking from the back of the Royal Palm Hotel featured the Royal Palm gardens. The gardens were originally landscaped by Henry Coppinger Senior. The.....
Matted Photograph. Arch Creek was an early settlement in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in present-day metropolitan Miami. Tequesta Indians thrived here before the first Europeans arrived in the early 16th century. The name is derived from the 40 feet (12 m) long natural limestone bridge that spanned the creek until 1973.....
Matted Photograph. 8 men; two standing the other 6 seated in a semicircle around a camp-fire. All in traditional period dress. One with an umbrella.
Matted Photograph. Several men in Traditional Dress each holding a rifle. Settlers and a campground in the background.
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Miami, FL: Board of County Commissioners, c1945. Folded Letter.
Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 2007. Near Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A great restaurant .... maybe the greatest restaurant ..... now finally has a great cookbook to match its menu. This should be in every kitchen. [Larry King].
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'An impressive look at America during Douglas's lifetime and the growth of America's environmental movement. This outstanding volume is essential for environmental and history collections.' [Library Journal].
Compass Editions, 2013. Photography by Carlton Ward Jr. The Florida Wildlife Corridor project is a collaborative vision to connect remaining natural lands, waters, working farms and ranches from the Everglades to Georgia, protecting a functional ecological corridor for the health of people and wildlife. The Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition, led.....
Miami: Miami Herald Publishing, 1968. Stiff decorated Cardstock Stapled Wraps. A very mid-century treasure.... think gelatin molds. Excellent sections on using tropical fruit: Avocados, Mangos, Limes, Exotic fruits, and of course Oranges and Grapefruit. And Seafood recipes galore using Conch, Florida Lobster, Shrimp and more.
Miami; Florida: Florida Flair Books, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover.
Miami, Florida: Centennial Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Background Information:George Edgar Merrick (1886-1942) was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida in the 1920s, one of the first planned.....
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Matted Photograph. Showing a husband and his wife, a thatched triangular structure with living arrangements of table and chairs outside dated 1896.
Matted Photograph. During the great land boom of the 1920s, older sailing vessels were pressed into service to help the overloaded railways. Also shown is the early stages of Bayfront Park which opened in 1925.Construction began in 1924. A retaining wall was built and the pumping of bay bottom, whose.....
Matted Photograph. Flagler Street is a 12.4-mile main east–west road in Miami. Flagler Street is the latitudinal baseline that divides all the streets on the Miami-Dade County grid plan as north or south streets.
Matted Photograph. This intersection is the beginning of “Miracle Mile”. Like all of Coral Gables' commercial district, Miracle Mile was designed by George Merrick. Upon its construction, every business in Coral Gables was less than a two-block walk from Miracle Mile.In November of 1926, the magnificent Colonnade building on Miracle.....
Matted Photograph. Flagler Street is a 12.4-mile main east–west road in Miami. Flagler Street is the latitudinal baseline that divides all the streets on the Miami-Dade County grid plan as north or south streets.
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Matted Photograph. The photo highlights how much of a frontier town Miami was in its first few years as a city. Shows buildings on Avenue D [original name of Miami Avenue] Several signs are present including Pool & Billiard Parlor, Real Estate and Meat Markets.Background Information:Miami Avenue is a 16.8-mile.....
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Matted Photograph. During the great land boom of the 1920s, older sailing vessels were pressed into service to help the overloaded railways.
Matted Photograph. The Miami-Dade County Courthouse, formerly known as the Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse and skyscraper located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925–28), it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The building is 361.....
Matted Photograph. Photograph: Ponce and Coral Way, 1925 At the Opening of the Trolly Service connecting to Miami [Florida; Dade County; Miracle Mile; Coral Gables]A crowd gathered at Ponce de Leon Blvd & Coral Way (Miracle Mile) to see the new Trolley Service connecting Coral Gables to Miami in 1925.Background.....