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South Florida Photograph Collection

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Overview

Creator: Historical Museum of Southern Florida
 
Title: South Florida photograph collection
 
Dates: 1870-present
 
Quantity: 20,000+ Items (63 linear ft.)
 
Abstract: Photographs mainly of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, but also of South Florida and the Caribbean area. Most of the photographic prints are black-and-white, and range in size up to 8x10 inches. Both original and copy photographs are included.
 
Identification: 0000-000

Scope and Content

The photographs are organized into three series: geographical or topical; biographical, family or provenance; and photographs relating to the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and its parent organization, the Historical Association of Southern Florida. Within each series, folders are arranged alphabetically.

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), Jean Taylor (collector and historian), Julia Tuttle, Karl Voelter (aviator), and Hamilton Wright (publicity photographer).

Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Permission from Historical Museum of Southern Florida staff required prior to reproduction of photographs in a publication. Please contact archives staff for more information.

Index Terms

Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Florida Keys (Fla.) -- Photographs
Miami (Fla.) -- Photographs
Miami Beach (Fla.) -- Photographs
Miami-Dade County (Fla.) -- Photographs
Monroe County (Fla.) -- Photographs
photographic prints

Administrative Information

Prefered Citation:
Historical Museum of Southern Florida

Provenance:
Photographic prints acquired from many sources, 1940-present. Provenance may be traced through the accession numbers; see archives staff for assistance. Any photo accessions of more than about 200 items in one lot (i.e., from one source) are not included in this artificial collection.

Container List

Series 1: Geographical and Topical Subjects

Folder

Aeronautics
Aeronautics, 1911
Aeronautics--Disasters
African Americans--Housing
Agriculture
Agriculture--Citrus
Agriculture--Dacy, George H., Collector
Agriculture--Dade County
Agriculture--Pineapple
Agriculture--Sisal
Aigrettes
    [Feathers Used To Ornament Women's Hats.]
Air Shows
Airboats
Airplanes--National Airlines
Airplanes--Pan American Airways
Airports
Airports--Chapman Field
Airships
Allapattah (Miami, Fla.)
America--Discovery and Exploration
Anderson's Corner
Animals
Aquariums
    [Aquarium Attractions: Miami Beach Aquarium, Seaquarium, etc.]
Arch Creek
Antiquities--Florida--Key Marco
Archaeology
Archaeology--Dade County Historic Survey
Archaeology--Laxson, Dan, Photographer
Archaeology--Granada Site Dig, 1977-1978
Archaeology--Miami Circle Dig, 1999-present
Automobile Racing
Automobiles
Automobiles--Service Stations
 
Bahamas
Bahamas--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Baker's Haulover
Bathing Beauties
Bathing Suits
Beaches
Beaches--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Bicycles and Tricycles
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay Yacht Club
Biscayne Engineering Company
Biscayne House of Refuge
Biscayne National Park
Biscayne National Park--Boca Chita
Biscayne Navigation Company
Blacks In Dade County
Boat Racing
Boats and Boating
Brevard County
Bridges
Broward County
Broward County--Hurricane, 1926
Buena Vista
Burdines Department Stores
Burial
    [Burial Rites and Ceremonies, Burial Societies, Etc.]
Byron's Department Stores
 
Cactus
Camping
Caribbean
Caricatures and Cartoons
Carriages and Coaches
    [Vehicles Drawn By Animals For People]
Catholic Church--History-- To 1821
Ceilings
Chapman Field
Cheesecake
Children
Circus and Shows
Civil Service--Miami
Civil War, 1861-1865
Claughton Island
Clothing and Dress--To 1909 To 1909
Clothing and Dress-- 1920-1929
Clothing and Dress-- 1930-1939
Clothing and Dress-- 1940-1949
Clothing and Dress-- 1950-1959
Clothing and Dress-- 1960-1969
Cocoa
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove--The Barnacle
Coconut Grove--Bay View Hotel (Peacock Inn)
Coconut Grove--Buildings
Coconut Grove--Dinner Key
Coconut Grove--Dwellings
Coconut Grove--Hurricane, 1926
Coconut Grove--Library
Coconut Grove--Ransom School
Coconut Grove--Street Scenes
Collier County
Collins Bridge
Coppinger's Tropical Gardens
Coral Gables
Coral Gables--Aerial Views
Coral Gables--Biltmore Hotel and Country Club
Coral Gables--Buildings
Coral Gables--Churches
Coral Gables--Coral Gables Country Club and Golf Course
Coral Gables--Coral Gables House
Coral Gables--Douglas Entrance
Coral Gables--Dwellings
Coral Gables--Entrances, Plazas, Etc.
Coral Gables--Fires and Fire Prevention
Coral Gables--Hotels, Motels, Etc.
Coral Gables--Maps
Coral Gables--Merrick Home--South Greenway Drive
Coral Gables--People
Coral Gables--Public Buildings
Coral Gables--Street Scenes
Coral Gables--Tahiti Beach
Coral Gables--Venetian Pool
Coral Gables--Villages
Coral Reef Fauna
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
County Causeway
Cowboys--Florida
Cruise Ships
Cuba
Cuba-- 1899-1933
Cuba--Guantanamo Bay
Cuba--Havana
Cuba--Havana--Fortifications, Military Installations, Etc.
Cuba--Havana--Hotels, Motels, Etc.
Cuba--Hershey
Cuba--Isle of Pines
Cuba--Valle de Vinales
Cuban Americans--Florida--Miami-Dade County
Cushman School
Cutler
 
Dade County
Dade County--Aerial Views
Dade County--Aerial Views, 1918
Dade County--Aerial Views, 1948
Dade County--Aerial Views, 1950-1959
Dade County--Attractions
Dade County--Buildings
Dade County--Clubs-- 1940-1949
Dade County--Commissioners
Dade County--Court House
Dade County--Hospitals
Dade County--Hotels, Motels, Etc.
Dade County--Hurricane, 1919
Dade County--Hurricane, 1926
Dade County--Hurricane, 1947
Dade County--Hurricane, 1992
Hurricane Andrew
Dade County--Hurricanes
Dade County--Libraries
Dade County--Museums
Dade County--North
Dade County--Parks
Dade County--Parks--Aerial Views
Dade County--Public Buildings
Dade County--South
Dairy Farms
Dancing
Daytona Beach
Diving Suits
Dog Racing
Drainage
Dredges and Dredging
Dry Tortugas
 
Eastern Air Lines
Eating and Drinking--Banquets
Eating and Drinking--Barbecues
Engines
Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park--Dedication, 1947
 
Fairs
Ferries
Festivals
Fisher Island
Fishing
Fishing--Sponges
Flipper
Flood Control
Floods--Florida-- 1947
Florida
Florida City
Florida. Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Florida--History--Discovery and Exploration
Florida--Hurricane, 1926
Elser, Photographer
Florida--Parks
Florida Keys
Florida Keys--Hurricane, 1935
Florida Keys--Hurricane, 1935--Voelter, Karl, Collector
Florida Keys--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Florida Keys--Overseas Highway
Florida Keys--Seven Mile Bridge
Florida Power and Light
Florida Power and Light--Turkey Point
Flower Shows
Flowers
Fulford
Funeral Homes--Florida--Miami-Dade County
 
Gamblers and Gambling
Golden Beach
Gondolas
Government Cut
Greynolds Park
 
Hendry County
Hialeah
Hialeah--Industries
Hialeah Park
Holidays
Hollywood
Hollywood--Hollywood Beach Hotel
Homestead
Horse Racing
Hurricane, 1928
 
Indian Key
Indians of Florida
Industry
Industry--Boats and Ships
Industry--Construction, 1900-1919
Industry--Construction, 1926
Industry--Lumber
Industry--Petroleum
Industry--Starch
Industry--Sugar
Industry--Tobacco
Interiors -- 1930-1939
Interiors--Living Rooms
Interiors--Offices
Islamorada
 
Jai Alai
Jews--Rites and Ceremonies
Jitterbug Dancing
Julia Tuttle Causeway
 
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne--Cape Florida Light
Key West
Key West--Aerial Views
Key West--Buildings
Key West--Casa Marina
Key West--Fortifications, Military Installations, Etc.
Key West--Hurricane, 1944
Ku Klux Klan (1915 - )
 
Land Development
Landscape
Law and Legal Affairs
Lee County
Leesburg
Lemon City
Lighthouses
Little Havana (Miami, Fla.)
 
Maine (Ship)
Maps
Matheson Hammock
Mayors--Florida--Miami
Medals
Medicine
Metrorail
 
Miami
Miami--Aerial Views
Miami--Aerial Views -- 1920-1929
Miami--Aerial Views -- 1930-1939
Miami--Aerial Views -- 1950-1959
Miami--Aerial Views--Hoit, Richard B., Photographer
Miami--Attractions
Miami--Banks
Miami--Bars, Saloons, Etc.
Miami--Buildings
Miami--Buildings -- To 1929
Miami--Buildings -- 1930-
Miami--Business Establishments and Stores
Miami--Cemeteries
Miami--Churches
Miami--Cinderella Ballroom
Miami--Clubs
Miami--Columbus Hotel
Miami--Commissioners
Miami--Devil's Punchbowl
Miami--Dwellings
Miami--Fires and Fire Prevention
Miami--Fort Dallas
Miami--Freedom Tower
Miami--Hospitals
Miami--Hotels, Motels, Etc.
Miami--Hurricane, 1926
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Bayfront Park and Royal Palm Park
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Nahob (Yacht)
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Meyer Keyser Building
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Norman Clark, Photographer
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Rose Mahoney (Ship)
Miami--Hurricane, 1926--Williams, Verne 0., Photographer
Miami--Hurricanes
Miami--Incorporation, 1896
Miami--McAllister Hotel
Miami--Parks
Miami--Pier 5
Miami--Police
Miami--Public Buildings
Miami--River
Miami--River--Aerial Views
Miami--River--Maps
Miami--Royal Palm Hotel
Miami--Sears Tower
Miami--Storms
Miami--Street Scenes
Miami--Street Scenes -- 1896-1919
Miami--Street Scenes -- 1920-1929
Miami--Street Scenes -- 1930-1939
Miami--Street Scenes -- 1990-1999
Miami--Street Scenes--Biscayne Boulevard
Miami--Street Scenes--Brickell Avenue and Environs
Miami--Street Scenes--Flagler Street
Miami--Street Scenes--Miami Avenue
Miami--Street Scenes--East 1 Avenue
Miami--Synagogues
Miami--Theaters
Miami--Theaters--Mayfair
Miami--Theaters--Olympia
Miami--Twelfth Street Manors
Miami--Vizcaya
Miami--War of 1898
Miami--Waterfront
Miami--Waterfront -- To 1920
Miami--Waterfront -- 1920-1925
Miami--Waterfront -- 1926-
 
Miami Beach
Miami Beach--Aerial Views
Miami Beach--Aerial Views -- 1920-1929
Miami Beach--Aerial Views -- 1930-1939
Miami Beach--Aerial Views -- 1950-1959
Miami Beach--Aerial Views--Hoit, Richard B., Photographer
Miami Beach--Aerial Views--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Miami Beach--Attractions
Miami Beach--Banks
Miami Beach--Blue Mist Hotel
Miami Beach--Buildings
Miami Beach--Canals
Miami Beach--Casinos (Bathing)
Miami Beach--Churches
Miami Beach--Clubs
Miami Beach--Dwellings
Miami Beach--Dwellings--Fisher Home
Miami Beach--Dwellings--Firestone Estate
Miami Beach--Elephants
Miami Beach--Fires and Fire Prevention
Miami Beach--Flamingo Hotel
Miami Beach--Hotels, Motels, Etc.
Miami Beach--Hurricane, 1926
Miami Beach--Hurricane, 1926--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Miami Beach--Islands
    [Belle Isle, Hibiscus Island, Palm Island, Rivo Alto Island, Star Island, and San Marino Island.]
Miami Beach--King Cole Hotel
Miami Beach--Nautilus Hotel
Miami Beach--Nightclubs, Dance Halls, Etc.
Miami Beach--Pancoast Hotel
Miami Beach--Parks
Miami Beach--Pelican School
Miami Beach--Portraits
Miami Beach--Public Buildings
Miami Beach--Restaurants, Lunch Rooms, Etc.
Miami Beach--Roney Plaza Hotel
Miami Beach--Schools
Miami Beach--Statues
Miami Beach--Street Scenes
Miami Beach--Street Scenes--Espanola Way
Miami Beach--Street Scenes--Lincoln Road
Miami Beach--Sunset Islands
Miami Beach--Theaters
Miami Beach--Thomson and Mckinnon Building
 
Miami Beach Patrol
Miami Military Academy
Miami Pioneers (Club)
Miami Shores
Miami Springs
Miami Wax Museum
Miccosuki Indians
Miss Harris' School
Money
Motion Pictures
Motion Pictures--Filming
Motion Pictures--Miami Studios
Moving of Buildings, Bridges, Etc.
Museums--Exhibitions
Musicians
 
Naranja (Fla.)
National Airlines
National Airlines--Accidents
Negro Slavery
New York Department Store
Newspapers and Periodicals
North Miami Beach
 
Old Heidelberg Restraurant
Opa-locka
Open Air Schools
Opera and Operetta
Orange Bowl Festival
Orange Bowl Stadium
Ott Family
Overtown (Miami, Fla.)
 
P. T. Boats
Pageants
Pageants, 1928
Palm Beach
Palm Beach County
Pan American Airways
Pan American Airways--Caribbean
Pan American Airways--Cuba
Pan American Airways--Dade County
Pan American Airways--Puerto Rico
Parades and Processions
Parades and Processions--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Parrot Jungle
Photography
Pirates and Piracy
Planet Ocean
Plantation Crops--Sugar Cane
Plantation Crops--Tobacco
Political Conventions--1968--Republican
Political Elections
Port of Miami
Postal Service
Postal Service--Delivery--Airplane
Presidents
Princeton
Prohibition
Puerto Rico
Punta Gorda
 
La Quinceañera
   [Cuban and Cuban-American Fifteenth Birthday Celebrations for Girls.]
 
Radio and Radio Broadcasting
Railroads
Railroads--Companies--Florida East Coast Railway
Railroads--Companies--Florida East Coast Railway--Miami
Railroads--Companies--Florida East Coast Railway--Miami--Freighthouse
Railroads--Companies--Florida East Coast Railway--Oversea Extension
Railroads--Companies--Seaboard Air Line Railway
Railroads--Companies--Seaboard Air Line Railway. Development Department. The President's Special Opens The Coast Extension To Miami, Florida, July 8, 1927
Railroads--Locomotives
Railroads--Stations
Refugees, Cuban
Refugees, Haitian
Reptiles--Alligators
Rivers and Streams
Rock Groups
 
Sailboats and Sailing
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine--Castillo De San Marcos
Saint Augustine--City Gate
Saint Petersburg
Sarasota
School Buildings
   [Exterior and interior views in which there is no classroom activity.]
School Buildings--Florida--Coconut Grove
School Buildings--Florida--Coral Gables
School Buildings--Florida--Miami
School Children
    [General pictures of school children, primarily not in classroom situations, e.g. group portraits, children going to school, etc.]
School Classrooms
School Teachers
    [Portraits or images in which the teacher is the focal point.]
Schools--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Haven School for the Mentally Retarded Child
Schools--Florida--Miami-Dade County--Sunset Elementary
Schools--Florida--Miami--Booker T. Washington High School
Seamen
Seminole Indians
Seminole Indians -- To 1900
Seminole Indians--Alligator Wrestling
Seminole Indians--Bedell Collection
Seminole Indians--Boats
Seminole Indians--Children
Seminole Indians--Cooking Fires
Seminole Indians--Cormack, Elroy, Collector
Seminole Indians--Costume and Adornment
Seminole Indians--Cradles
Seminole Indians--Dances
Seminole Indians--Glades Cross Mission
Seminole Indians--Matlack, Claude C., Photographer
Seminole Indians--Mortuary Customs
Seminole Indians--Musa Isle
Seminole Indians--Randell, Florence, Photographer
Seminole Indians--Rites and Ceremonies
Seminole Indians--Sewing Machines
Seminole Indians--Temporary Camps
Seminole Wars
Shipping
Ships
Ships--Disasters
Ships--Prins Valdemar
Ships, U. S. Government
Smuggling
Soldier Key
South Miami
Southeast Bank (Miami, Fla.)
Space Flights
Spanish Monastery
Sports
Sports--Baseball
Sports--Boxing
Sports--Fishing
Sports--Fishing--Captain Thompson's Big Fish
Sports--Football
Sports--Golf
Sports--Polo
Sports--Riding
Sports--Tennis
Sports--Water Skiing
Steamboats
Stiltsville (Biscayne Bay, Fla.)
Street-Railroads
Submarine Boats
Summit of The Americas, Miami, Fla., December 9-11, 1994
Sunny Isles
Sunrise and Sunset
Surfside (Fla.)
 
Tamiami Trail
Tampa
Telephone
Television and Television Broadcasting
Television and Television Broadcasting--WTVJ (Channel 4)
Trailer Camps
Transportation
Trees
 
Universities and Colleges
Universities and Colleges--Florida International University
Universities and Colleges--University of Florida
Universities and Colleges--University of Miami
 
Venetian Causeway
Venetian Causeway--Le Gro Collection
 
War of 1898
Water Utilities
Weather
Weddings
White Belt Dairy
H.M.S. Winchester
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Miami Air Depot
World War, 1939-1945--Miami Air Depot. Special Information Office.
World War, 1939-1945--Richmond Naval Air Station
Wreckers (of Ships)
 
Yachts and Yachting
Zonta Club of Miami

 

Series 2: Biographical, Family and Provenance

Folder

Portraits
Portraits--Groups
Portraits--A-C
Portraits--D-G
Portraits--H-L
Portraits--M-R
Portraits--S-Z
   
Aitchison, Ned
Allen, Hervey
Aronovitz, Abe
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Bergstrom, William C., Collector
Bradley, Guy M.
Berning Family, Collectors
Brickell Family, Collectors
Buddington, J., Collector
Budge Family
Burdine Family
Castro, Fidel, 1927-
Combs Family
Coe, Ernest F.
Cohen, Isidor, and Family
Collins, John S.
Conklin and Mercier Families, Collectors
Cormack, Elroy, Collector
Crandon, Charles H.
Curtiss, Glenn
Dammers, Edward E. (Doc)
Deboe Family
Deboe Family. Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp
Deering, Charles
Degarmo, Walter, Collector
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman--Book Illustrations
Dubler Family
Dunten, R. I., Collector
Earhart, Amelia
Edison, Thomas A.
Ely, Gene, Photographer
Fairchild, David Grandison, 1869-1954
Fenner, Patricia, Collector
Fisher, Carl Graham
Flagler, Henry M.
Florida Attractions Association. Tourist Attractions, 1950s
Fowler Family
Frohock, John
Fuchs Family
Gautier Family
Gibson, Theodore
Gifford, John C.
Gifford, John C., Collector
Gifford, John C., Collector. Agriculture
Gifford, John C., Collector. Florida Keys
Gifford, John C., Collector. Fort Jefferson
Gifford, John C., Collector. Horticulture
Gifford, John C., Collector. Housekeepers Club
Gifford, John C., Collector. Mangrove
Gifford, John C., Collector. Pine
Gifford, John C., Collector. Plant Introduction
Gifford, John C., Collector. Plants
Gifford, John C., Collector. Royal Palm State Park
Gifford, John C., Collector. Seminole Indians
Graham Family
Gipson, Annette
Griswold, Oliver, Collector
Griswold, Oliver, Collector--Key West
Griswold, Oliver, Collector--They All Called It Tropical
Grutzbach, Margaret Rogers, Collector
Hand, Fred
Hansen, Chris, Photographer
Harrison, John
Hemingway, Ernest
Herin, Mary James
Herin Family
Hoag
Hubbell Family
Hubbell Family--Construction of Home On Hammock Lake
Huddleston Family
Hurston, Zora Neale
James, Thomas E., and Family
Jaudon, James Franklin, 1873-1938, Collector
Jensen, Jens, Captain
Jones, Sir Lancelot
Junior League of Miami. Ours Is A Tropic Land. Work Prints.
Junkin, Caroline, Collector
La Bastille, Irma
Larkins Family
Lummus, James Edgar, and Family
Lummus, John N., and Family
Macvicar, I. D.
Marti, Jose
Matlack, Claude
Mercier Family
Merrick, George
Merrick, George, Collector
Miami, City of. Urban Development Program.
Miami Herald
Miami Herald--Gladioli Festival, 1953
Miami Tribune, Collector
Miller, Dale and Family
Montray Corporation. Miami Views.
Morgan, Dorothy Davis
Norton, Claude
Orr Family, Collectors
Osceola
Ott Family
Palmer Family
Parks, Arva Moore
Parks, Arva Moore, Collector
Parks, Arva Moore, Collector. Maps From Nars
Peacock Family
Pennekamp, John D.
People--Caribbean Area
People--Groups
People--Personages, Unknown Individuals
Pepper, Claude
Pero Family
Peters, Thelma P., Collector
Peters, Thomas J.
Pilkington Studio
Quigg Family
Rogers, Will
Romer, Gleason Waite, Photographer
Rowe, Basil L., Collector
Sabatino, Louis A., 1914-1999
Seybold Family
Sewell, Everest G.
Sewell Family
Sewell, John
Shutts, Frank B., Collector. Portraits
Simpson, Charles Torrey, Collector
Small, John Kunkel, Photographer
Songer, Mrs. Gerald (Betty)
Taylor, Jean, Collector
Tebeau, Charlton W., Collector
Terrell, Charles, Family
Tomlinson, D. A.
Tuttle Family
Tuttle Family--Cleveland, Ohio--"Gaydene" (Home)
Tuttle Family--Fishing (Capt. Charlie Thompson)
Tuttle, Julia
Vihlen Family
Virrick, Elizabeth
Voelter, Karl, Collector
Warner Family, Collectors
Waters, R. V.
Webster Outdoor Advertising Co.
Wolfson, Mitchell
Wood, Alice, Photographer
Wright, Hamilton, Photographer
Zangara, Guiseppe

 

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