Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Roney Plaza, Miami Beach
on October 3, 2012
at 2:23 pm
A matchbook from the Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach.
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The Venetian Causeway opens in 1926 to help folks get back and forth from Miami and Miami Beach. This photo is from ‘Miami: the Way We Were’. You can purchase a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Carnival Bar, Miami
on September 19, 2012
at 12:41 am
This is the matchbook for the Carnival Bar that once existed in Downtown Miami. The Bayside Office Center now sits in a good deal of the block that the Carnival once was. The address is now being used by Capricorn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Mei Yin Restaurant, Miami Beach, 1940s.
on September 12, 2012
at 3:09 am
Mei Yin was a Chinese-American restaurant in Miami Beach. The building still stands and is a Wings beachwear store. You can see it in the map below. View Larger Map
In the early 1930s the bathing suits these ladies are wearing were considered decadent. Here we see conscientious objectors to the law. This photo is from ‘Miami Memoirs” by John Sewell with update by Arva Moore Parks. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1930 view of Miami looking south on Biscayne Boulevard from 8th Street. This image if from ‘Pictorial History of Florida’ by Richard Bowe. You can get a copy of this book by clicking here or below.
The Perlman brothers and their father at the original Lum’s in 1956. They took a small bar that served hot dogs in the early ’50s in Miami Beach and turned it into a chain of hundreds of restaurants throughout Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Hackney’s Lobster Place, Miami Beach
on October 13, 2011
at 12:19 pm
One of the best known restaurants on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Hackey’s Restaurnat expanded to Miami Beach. Hackney’s in Atlantic City closed in the early 1980s. Don’t know when the one in Miami Beach closed or about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Matches: Jean’s Candy Shoppe, Miami Beach
on September 29, 2011
at 10:02 am
From Miami Beach, it’s Jean’s Candy Shoppe. Don’t know anything about Jean’s so please feel free to leave a note if you do. Jean sure had an outstanding book of matches. I’d guess this is from the 1940s. Sorry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday’s Ads: Miami’s Musa Isle
on September 6, 2011
at 2:36 am
Swampy’s #Florida Matchbooks: West Flagler Kennel Club, Miami
on June 2, 2011
at 10:23 am
Here’s a matchbook of what was named the West Flagler Kennel Club. It’s still there, but now named the “Magic City Casino”. Seems this is from the 1940s. Please add to the comments if you might have a better estimate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an interesting matchbook of the Coral Gables Biltmore that clearly labels it the “Miami Biltmore”. From the style and the images on the matchbook, I’d guess this to be from the 1940s.