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Events - 1931-1999
B0024 · Box · 1931-1999
Part of Samuel D. LaRoue, Jr. Collection - 1920-1999

Contains 1926 Miami Singers event program, 1932 register of prominent individuals within the greater Miami area, In and Out Guide to Miami (1946-1948), 1992 Hialeah Flamingo Ball Program, 1972 Democratic National Convention ephemera, including political bumper stickers.

HMA0143 · Collection · 1920-1999

Eclectic collection reflecting Samuel D. LaRoue's varied interests and hobbies. Includes postcards, menus, sheet music, photographs, slides, maps and newspaper clippings.  Files of note pertain to Coral Gables and Miami buses and trolleys, photographs and printed material.

Tourism and promotion

Includes ephemera pertaining to neighborhoods in Miami, including Coral Gables, Miami Shores, and Miami Beach. Contains pamphlets and brochures that promote travel to South Florida generated by businesses in the tourism industry, a 1931 edition of Greater Miami Greeter,  notes concerning the Watson hotel, and a historic real estate brochure promoting Miami Shores. Also includes a 1926 Palm Beach promotional booklet released shortly after the hurricane.

Transportation

Contains annual auto show brochures, Florida driver's regulations, certificates, and other official Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles materials. General Miami-area public transit system ephemera including bus permits, parking passes, route schedules, tri-rail and metro-rail brochures, and assorted Metro Dade Transit Agency forms. Contains World War II gas rationing coupons. Also includes ephemera pertaining to Miami International Airport, including Delta and Eastern Airlines route maps and schedule.

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B0011-14 · Box · 1907-1999
Part of Samuel D. LaRoue, Jr. Collection - 1920-1999

Bulk of the collection shows modes of transportation in Miami, including views of streetcars, buses, antique automobiles, trolleys, and the Miami Beach railway. Includes diagraphs, photographs, and negatives pertaining to the restoration of historic buses and trolleys. Includes historic photograph of Coral Gables and Hialeah, stereographs of Palm Beach, and the Alcazar Hotel in St. Augustine, and images of the restoration of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.