Series 1

Residences in Miami Proper and Grounds, 1919-1928

Views of houses in the cities of Miami, Hialeah, and Coral Gables. Miami views include Coconut Grove, Brickell Avenue, Lemon City, Point View, Riverside (Little Havana), and Miramar. 101 photographic prints.

Series 2

Residences in Miami Beach and Grounds, 1921-1943

Views of houses in the cities of Miami Beach and Golden Beach. Includes Belle Isle, Palm Island, Star Island, Sunset Island, Venetian Island, and, possibly, Fisher Island (Vanderbilt home). Includes homes located on Alton Road, Bay Road, Collins Avenue, Indian Creek, Ocean Drive, Pine Tree Drive, Washington Avenue, and other streets. Includes homes of Carl Fisher, Harvey Firestone, Colonel Henry Greene, and other prominent men. 659 photographic prints.

Series 3

Residences Elsewhere, 1924-1930

Views of houses and yards in Ft. Lauderdale, Hallandale, St. Augustine, Opa-locka, and Coral Gables. 19 items.

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Series 4

Apartments in Miami Proper, 1920-1928

Exterior views of apartment buildings in the city of Miami, including the Bulmer and Brickell apartments (off Brickell Avenue), Gallett Court, Granada Apartments, and Ft. Dallas Park. 44 items.

Series 5

Apartments in Miami Beach, 1920-1942

Views of apartment buildings and duplexes in the city of Miami Beach. 126 items.

Series 6

Apartments Elsewhere, 1923-1926

Views of the Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.) and Hotel Montauk (Long Island, New York?). 5 items.

Series 7

Hotels in Miami Proper, 1919-1936

Views of hotels and hotel grounds in downtown Miami and Miami Springs. Miami hotels includes the Royal Palm Hotel, Bernie, Columbus, Halcyon, Miami Colonial, McAllister, Robert Clay, Roberts, San Carlos, Tamiami, and Urmey. Miami Springs views are labeled Kellogg hotel, which was the Battle Creek Hotel, now called Fair Haven Rest Home. 55 views.

Series 8

Hotels in Miami Beach, 1920-1942

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.

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Series 9

Hotels Elsewhere, 1923-1930

Views of the Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.), the Everglades Club (Palm Beach), and the Boca Raton Club (Boca Raton). 11 views.

Series 10

Public Buildings, Stores, Theaters, Garages, Clubs, Hospitals, 1913-1935

Views of buildings in Miami Beach, Miami, Coral Gables, Adams Key, and Hollywood. Buildings include automobile dealers, garages, and filling stations; banks; clubs (beach, country, fishing, fraternal, yacht); companies (construction, FPL, Matlack Studios, W.I.O.D. radio station, etc.); city and county government buildings; Miami Beach hospitals; office buildings; recreation (beauty contest, bicycle racing track, dog racing track, tennis court, etc.); restaurants; stores (groceries, department, etc.); and theaters. 327 views.

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Series 11

Buildings under Construction, All Kinds, 1925 and 1932

Views of the Roney Plaza (Miami Beach), Eastman studio and gallery (Miami Beach) and Woolworth Building (Flagler Street, Miami). Prints apparantly destroyed prior to 1974.4 5x7 in. negatives.

Series 12

Old Pictures: Views of Places, Streets, Buildings, and Events, 1896-1940 (bulk 1896-1920).

Series 12 includes copy work of photos predating Matlack's arrival in Miami, as well as photographs he shot. Views of Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Dania Beach, St. Augustine, etc. Events include opening of Collins Bridge, confiscation of bootleg liquor, Roosevelt's 1933 trip to Miami, William Jennings Bryan, War of 1898, Palm Fete parade, etc. 269 views.

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Series 13

Development, Construction of All Kinds Except Buildings, 1920-1938

Views of land reclamation (clearing mangroves, dredge-and-fill land creation, etc.), road and bridge construction, etc. Mainly Miami Beach and the Florida Keys (Overseas Highway construction, Key West, Pigeon Key, etc.), but also James Deering estate, Venetian Islands, Holllywood, and Biscayne Point. 388 views.

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Series 14

Street Views, Parades, Bridges, 1919-1943

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.

Series 15

Public Parks, Views and City and County Monuments, 1921-1941

Views of Miami Beach parks (Flamingo, Lummus) and statues (Henry Flagler monument, Indian on horse, polo player, Carl Fisher monument). 37 views.

Series 16

Churches and All [Related] Activities, [Such As] Choirs, etc., 1919-1943

Views of churches in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Miami, and Miami Beach, St. Augustine, and one view of a synagogue. Activities include services, Sunday school, social events, etc. Churches include Plymouth Congregational, Gesu Catholic, Central Baptist, Miami Beach Community, Coral Gables Congregational, etc. 150 views.

Series 17

Scenery, Views General, Sky Lines, River Views, 1920-1942

Scenic views of gardens, natural areas, rivers, plants, etc., and of moods (sunsets, ocean, etc.). Places include Buena Vista, Coconut Grove, Cutler, Ft. Lauderdale, Golden Beach, Miami, Miami Beach, Musa Isle, Opa-locka, Point View, New Smyrna, Ft. Matanzas, and near Savannah (Ga.). Waterways include Arch Creek, Atlantic Ocean, Biscayne Bay, Indian River, Little River, Miami River, and New River. Lighthouses include Cape Florida, Hillsboro, and Jupiter. Views of palms, flowers, 1932 flower show, etc. Views of Charles and James Deering estates, Matheson estate, Royal Palm Hotel grounds, etc. View of Okeechobee City flood, 1928, probably after the 1928 hurricane. Approximately 450 views.

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Series 18

Commercial: Auto Wrecks, Machines, Commercial Objects, 1921-1933

Photographs shot for advertising illustrations, insurance claims, etc. Includes views of things (jewelry, auto parts, aerocar moving van and bus, etc.), displays, businesses (FEC Railway sidings, Ft. Lauderdale gas plant, etc.) Views of decorative iron objects or or in homes (gates, doors, window grills, lamps, railings, etc.) Includes views of wrecked autos, transplanting of Royal Palms, etc. 1921-1933. 149 views.

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Series 19

Groups and Individuals, Street Clothing, 1920-1942

Group shots of members of civic groups (Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Bath Club, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Miami Beach police and firemen, Bank of Bay Biscayne office personnel, Lions Club, etc.). Candid and posed views of prominent residents and visitors (Samuel Gompers, U.S. President Warren Harding, Pancoast/Collins family, Henry Coppinger, Glenn Curtiss, Fritz Kreisler, Ruth Bryan Owen, Jack Dempsey, etc.) Views of people with Christmas trees, acting in play, etc. 258 views.

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Series 20

Bathers and Groups, 1920-1935

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.

Series 21

[Bathing] Casinoes, Pools, Water Sports, Aqua Planing, 1919-1936

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.

Series 22

Boats, Slips, Docks, Boat Slipping, 1919-1942 (bulk 1919-1927)

Views of passenger ships, yachts, sailboats, wooden speed boats, houseboats, gondolas, and the Miami Beach ferry. Other views include Miami and Miami Beach docks, Government Cut dredging and jetty construction, boat launchings, and U.S. President Warren Harding onboard a boat. 87 views.

Series 23

Race Boats and Regattas, 1919-1933

Views of regattas and boat races, mainly in Biscayne Bay. Most races are of outboard motor speed boats, but sailboat, gondola, and rowboat races are also included. Views of Glenn Curtiss' invention, a boat propelled by an airplane motor (probably the first airboat), and of Gar Wood. 207 views.

Series 24

Fishing, Pleasure and Commercial, Fish, 1910s-1939

Views of sports fishing catches (sailfish, billfish, sharks, etc.), fishermen and fisherwomen, and charter boat docks (Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, Baker's Haulover, Bimini). Some views show crayfish and stone crab hunting at low tide, seining, leaping tarpon, a captured Killer Whale (dead), and the capture of a manatee (alive) for the Miami Beach Aquarium. Fishermen include Alexander Ott and Charles Thompson. 1910s-1939. Matlack's original album for this series was destroyed before 1974, for an unknown reason. 30 views.

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Series 25

Polo and Around Grounds, 1920-1928

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.

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Series 26

Golf Players and Individuals, 1922-1929

Amateur and professional players include Gene Sarazen, N. B. Roney, George Cox, Bobby Jones, and Al Smith. 25 views.

Series 27

Golf Clubs and Grounds, General Views and Tournaments, 1919-1941

Views of golf courses and tournaments in Miami Beach, Miami and Hollywood; Jack Dempsey; and one of Carl Fisher's elephants as a caddy. 122 views.

Series 28

Schools and All [Related] Activities, 1919-1934

Public and private schools, students, teachers, student activities and sports, kindergarten through high school. Schools include Cushman, Pelican Kindergarten, Hialeah, Miami Shores, Ida M. Fisher, Miami High, Miami Beach High, Cobum (Miami Beach), Redland, Montmere (Miami Beach), Riverside, Lemon City, Highland Park, Homestead, Northside, Allapattah, and Davie. 227 views.

Series 29

Other Sports, Dog and Horse Races, Baseball, Jai Alai, Tennis, etc., 1920-1940

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.

Series 30

Indians, 1920-1932

Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, mainly at Musa Isle and Coppingers (tourist camps on the Miami River) and along Tamiami Trail. Views include dugout canoes, studio portraits, fishing, parades, alligators and alligator wrestling, cooking, sewing, villages, and the 1927 Back to the Land publicity event. About 225 views.

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Series 31

Farming, Groves, Gardens, Tractors, Implements, Products, 1920-1941

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.

Series 32

Dairies and Products, All Kinds of Livestock, Poultry, 1919-1942

Mainly views of dairies and cattle. Dairies include the Curtiss Bright Ranch (Hialeah), White Belt Dairy, Milam Dairy, Southern Dairies, and dairies in Miami Beach, Florida City, and Kendall. Some views of dairy products (milk, butter, etc.). Other farm animals include goats, hogs, and game cocks. 135 views.

Series 33

Animals: Pets, Birds, Elephants, Dogs, Monkeys, etc., 1920-1929

Most views are of Rosie and Baby Carl, Carl Fisher's elephants. Other views depict dogs, parrots, pigeons, and a bear. 69 views.

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Series 34

Air Views, Local, Also from Tall Buildings, 1919-1936

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.

Series 35

Air Views, not Local (Except Everglades National Park Area), 1923-1931

Aerial Views of Sunny Isles, Bimini (Bahamas), and Ft. Myers. 30 views.

Series 36

Aviation, Aviators, Planes, All War Pictures, Soldiers, Sailors, 1918?-1939

Military views include Dinner Key, Marine training field, and aviators during or just after World War I; airplane wrecks; naval ships and sailors; and victory parade. Civilian aeronautical views include Pan Am, Eastern, air mail flights, air shows, flying boats, and airships. About 350 views.

Series 37

Factories and Products

0 views.

Series 38

Storm Pictures, 1919-1935

Shots of damage after hurricanes. Most are of Miami Beach and Miami after the 1926 hurricane. Some are of the middle Keys after the 1935 hurricane. A few are of Miami and Goulds after the 1919 storm. About 250 views.

Series 39

Motion Pictures, Making, 1921-1922

Feature film making on Miami Beach and in Miami: sets, actors, actresses, cameramen, etc. 51 views.

Series 40

Trips to Other Cities or Localities, 1921-1936

Views of the Florida Keys, Bahamas (Nassau, Bimini, and Cat Cay), and the Ringling Museum (Sarasota). 216 views.

Series 41

Scouts, Boys and Girls and Similar, 1919-1922

Views of clubs: Boy Scouts, Lions Club, Three-Score-and-Ten Club, and Miami Rifle and Revolver Club. No views of Girl Scouts. 27 views.

Series 42

Outings, Picnics, etc., 1919-1930

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.

Series 43

Waterways, Canals (not scenic value), Dredges, Dredging, 1919-1928

Miami-Dade and Broward counties rivers (Miami River, New River), canals (Miami Canal, New River Canal, Collins Canal, Comfort Canal), Pancoast Lake, County Causeway, and Al Capone property. 89 views.

Series 44

Things and People, Prints cannot be sold, 1919-1943

Mainly copy work. Includes series of baby pictures of Miami residents who were prominent during the 1920s. 41 views.

Series 45

Copies of Art Objects that we may sell, 1921-1928

Views of people dressed as Greek gods, goddesses, and mythological beings; people dressed as characters from Tennyson's Idylls of the King (e.g., Lady of Shalott); and copy work of maps, paintings, drawings, etc. 1921-1928. 70 views.

Series 46

Dancing Classes and Individuals, and All Professional Acts and Actors

0 views.

Series 47

Surgical and Medical, X-rays

0 views.

Series 48

Portraits and Garden Pictures of Individuals

0 views.

Series 49

Commercial Pictures that are for temporary use

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. 1936-1940. About 35 views.

Series 50

Everglades National Park Area and All Kinds of Pictures in Area, 1920-1939

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.