Alfred Munroe photographs - circa 1885-1895

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HMA0367

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Alfred Munroe photographs - circa 1885-1895

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  • circa 1885-1895 (Creation)

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63 photographic prints

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Black-and-white photographs shot by Alfred Munroe, depicting places and people living around Biscayne Bay, Florida, before 1896. Views include Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne and Cutler. People include Julia Tuttle. Albumen prints on original cardboard mounts.

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  • English

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    Bill Watts found and purchased the photographs at a garage sale in Concord, Massachusetts.

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    Related photographs may be found in the following collection in this repository:  Ralph Munroe photographs of southeast Florida. Image of the figurehead and sternboard of the wreck ingrid filed under accession number x-2185-1 in Artifact Photoprints.

    Alfred Munroe glass plate negatives of images of Concord, Massachusetts, are at the Concord Free Public Library.

    Information about related materials is available at http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/Fin_Aids/Munroe_Alfred.htm

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    Additional information may be found at http://www.historymiami.org/research-miami/online-images/alfred-munroe-collection/

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    Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.

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    © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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