Plants and places of horticultural interest in South Florida - 1917-1958

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1986-047

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Title

Plants and places of horticultural interest in South Florida - 1917-1958

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  • 1917-1958 (predominant: 1948-1958) (Creation)

Extent

3,466 negatives (1,421 lots)

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Scope and content

This is Series 2 of the Miami Herald Photograph Collection (HMA0016). Black-and-white, 4x5 inch negatives mainly relating to South Florida plants and gardening. Lesser topics include natural places; agriculture; travel in the Bahamas and Latin America; and southeast Florida history.

System of arrangement

Nixon Smiley arranged the negatives roughly alphabetically by topic; his arrangement has been retained.

The series are: (1) Animals; (2) Plants; (3) Places in Florida; (4) Trees; (5) Foliage plants; (6) Fruit; (7) Orchids; (8) Gardens; (9) Grasses; (10) Ground cover; (11) Insects; (12) Landscaping; (13) Lawns; (14) Livestock; (15) Philodendron; (16) Weeds; (17) Wildlife; (18) Wild Plants [native plants]; (19) Palms; (20) Parks; (21) Vegetables; (22) Agriculture; (23) The Americas; (24) Florida history.

Although separately described, this collection is a part of the Miami Herald Photograph Collection (HMA0016). It is Series 2 of that collection.

To locate a topic/item, pull by box number, then folder number. Please note- Folder numbers are not always in numerical order, and sometimes located in the previous box identified.

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The collection is open for research.

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  • English

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    Gift

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    Archivist's note

    Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.

    Archivist's note

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

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