I wish we had stayed on this path...
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I wish we had stayed on this path...
Collins Ave
Looking North At 44th Street Pre-Fountainebleau
Photo looking north pre-Fountainebleau Hotel construction in 1937 and was taken AFTER a hurricane had hit the area. And below is another version of the same shot, except later in the year with a better paved road and less powerlines, etc.
1924 Early Photograph Pre-Development
The 1950 Futuristic Monorail That Never Was
Tear-shaped monorail proposal that never got off the drawing board. Monorail was painted over the photograph.
1925 Photo Looking North From Fifth Street
An October 6, 1925 photo of Collins Avenue, looking north from below 5th Avenue on Miami Beach.
Bird’s Eye View At About Lincoln Road. 1914 South view of pier at the foot of Lincoln Road – Miami Beach, Florida.
Collins Ave at 20th Street taken in 1940
Hurricane Cleo Damage 1964 (Collins and 65th Street) more or less.
Another Overhead View of the oceanfront, looking south from the Pancoast Hotel, August 15, 1923.
Early Stages Of Haulover beach
Florida’s only legal nude beach, Haulover. Top photo taken in 1940. Bottom photo in 1955.
Haulover from even earlier in 1927…
1934 Traffic survey on Collins Avenue at 79th Street – Miami Beach, Florida
Bird’s eye view of Collins Avenue – Miami Beach, early 1900's
Looking North At 44th Street Pre-Fountainebleau
Photo looking north pre-Fountainebleau Hotel construction in 1937 and was taken AFTER a hurricane had hit the area. And below is another version of the same shot, except later in the year with a better paved road and less powerlines, etc.
1924 Early Photograph Pre-Development
The 1950 Futuristic Monorail That Never Was
Tear-shaped monorail proposal that never got off the drawing board. Monorail was painted over the photograph.
1925 Photo Looking North From Fifth Street
An October 6, 1925 photo of Collins Avenue, looking north from below 5th Avenue on Miami Beach.
Bird’s Eye View At About Lincoln Road. 1914 South view of pier at the foot of Lincoln Road – Miami Beach, Florida.
Collins Ave at 20th Street taken in 1940
Hurricane Cleo Damage 1964 (Collins and 65th Street) more or less.
Another Overhead View of the oceanfront, looking south from the Pancoast Hotel, August 15, 1923.
Early Stages Of Haulover beach
Florida’s only legal nude beach, Haulover. Top photo taken in 1940. Bottom photo in 1955.
Haulover from even earlier in 1927…
1934 Traffic survey on Collins Avenue at 79th Street – Miami Beach, Florida
Bird’s eye view of Collins Avenue – Miami Beach, early 1900's
Plan of the land between Fort Mossy (Mose) and Saint Augustine
Established north of St. Augustine in the 1730s, Fort Mose was the first free black community in North America. Map created between 1765 and 1775.
Established north of St. Augustine in the 1730s, Fort Mose was the first free black community in North America. Map created between 1765 and 1775.
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Tabby slave cabins at Kingsley Plantation Historic State Site - Fort George Island, Florida
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Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School, Booker T. Washington Hall.
This is a building in the all black town of Eatonville. Incorporated in 1887, Eatonville is one of the oldest of the black towns founded after the Emancipation Proclamation still in existence.
This is a building in the all black town of Eatonville. Incorporated in 1887, Eatonville is one of the oldest of the black towns founded after the Emancipation Proclamation still in existence.
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Woman by sign blown down during hurricane - Virginia Beach, Florida
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Carved owl figurine discovered in the St. Johns River (1955)
Carved out of pine sometime in the 1300s by the St. Johns culture, this figurine was discovered in the St. Johns River in Deland, Florida in 1955 by Victor Roepke.
Today, it is housed at the Fort Caroline National Monument in Jacksonville, Florida.
Carved out of pine sometime in the 1300s by the St. Johns culture, this figurine was discovered in the St. Johns River in Deland, Florida in 1955 by Victor Roepke.
Today, it is housed at the Fort Caroline National Monument in Jacksonville, Florida.
African-American boy on school bus: Dade County, Florida (1937)
Ku Klux Klan rally - Tampa, Florida 1923
The real Rosewood ( I got a homeboy from there his family was involved in the armed conflict. They moved to Miami shortly after.
Ruins of a burned African American home - Rosewood, Florida.
Accompanying note: "The ruins of the house near Rosewood in which 20 armed negroes fought off a band of white men searching for a negro who, it is said, had attacked a white woman."
The deliberate burning of cabins and a church wiped out the African-American quarter of Rosewood as the inhabitants escaped in to the woods.
Ruins of a burned African American home - Rosewood, Florida.
Accompanying note: "The ruins of the house near Rosewood in which 20 armed negroes fought off a band of white men searching for a negro who, it is said, had attacked a white woman."
The deliberate burning of cabins and a church wiped out the African-American quarter of Rosewood as the inhabitants escaped in to the woods.
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Carver Village bombing - Miami, Florida
Formerly a white housing community, it was opened up to blacks in August, 1951. Dynamite was used to bomb the facility. No one was hurt.
Formerly a white housing community, it was opened up to blacks in August, 1951. Dynamite was used to bomb the facility. No one was hurt.
Bombed of home of NAACP member Harry Tyson Moore - Mims, Florida 1951
Harry Tyson Moore was organizer, president, and state coordinator of the Florida branch of the NAACP. Moore and his wife Henrietta were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Eve.
Harry Tyson Moore was organizer, president, and state coordinator of the Florida branch of the NAACP. Moore and his wife Henrietta were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Eve.
Seth Gaines and his taxi - Tallahassee, Florida
He drove an independent taxi in the 1940s & 50s. In response to demands from civil rights activists during the bus boycott, he became the first African-American to drive buses for the Tallahassee City Transit on a regular route.
He drove an independent taxi in the 1940s & 50s. In response to demands from civil rights activists during the bus boycott, he became the first African-American to drive buses for the Tallahassee City Transit on a regular route.
Civil rights demonstration in front of segregated theater - Tallahassee, Florida
Included in the photograph are Patricia Stephens Due in the black dress and John Due's head above officer's cap
African American students filling circuit court room - Tallahassee, Florida
Photographed here are some of the 220 students who more than filled a circuit court room to face charges of contempt for demonstrating against segregated movie theaters. Circuit Judge Ben Willis ordered the demonstrations halted pending a hearing but the students, from FAMU, ignored the order and picketed one of the two white patronage theaters. Police arrested a total of 257 people involved in the demonstrations.
Included in the photograph are Patricia Stephens Due in the black dress and John Due's head above officer's cap
African American students filling circuit court room - Tallahassee, Florida
Photographed here are some of the 220 students who more than filled a circuit court room to face charges of contempt for demonstrating against segregated movie theaters. Circuit Judge Ben Willis ordered the demonstrations halted pending a hearing but the students, from FAMU, ignored the order and picketed one of the two white patronage theaters. Police arrested a total of 257 people involved in the demonstrations.
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Boycott and picketing of downtown stores - Tallahassee, Florida
Young white man stripping poster from young black woman's hands: Tallahassee, Florida (December 6-7, 1960)
Young white man stripping poster from young black woman's hands: Tallahassee, Florida (December 6-7, 1960)
Segregationists trying to prevent blacks from swimming at a "White only" beach in St. Augustine. June 25 1964.
Unidentified children holding a "Free Bill Johnson political prisoner" bumper sticker at rally in Frenchtown: Tallahassee, Florida (July 31, 1971)
Downtown Miami 1925
Boycott and picketing of downtown stores - Tallahassee, Florida
Young white man stripping poster from young black woman's hands: Tallahassee, Florida (December 6-7, 1960)
I think BLACK WOMEN from the "protest days" were so attractive (physically and morally). I would leave my wife in a drop of a DIME for a female like that
Agree, before I die I want to GO to PNG to experience their way of live.
BTW support the MORNING STAR movement
Josephine Baker and Lena Horne at the March on Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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1916 - Major General Eli Helmick pins African American soldiers with the Distinguished Services Cross. Admiral Moreau of the French Navy stands by.
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1941 - A group portrait of Hugh Mulzac, the first African American captain in the U.S. Navy, and his family. Brooklyn, New York.
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Outstanding, remarkably epic posting.
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