Swimming pool of Hotel Royal Palm
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Material Information

Title:
Swimming pool of Hotel Royal Palm
Publisher:
Portland, Me. : The Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 picture postcard; 8.7 x 13.5 cm.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Hotels--Florida--Miami
Swimming pools--Florida--Miami
Royal Palm Hotel (Miami, Fla.)
Coordinates:
25.771016 x -80.189897

Notes

Abstract:
Royal Palm Hotel was built by Henry Flagler and opened in 1897. It had 350 rooms and 200 baths, a grand ballroom, and a dining room for over 500 people, a veranda overlooking the bay, and a swimming pool. The hotel was declared a fire hazard and torn down in June 1930. The swimming pool was the first one in Miami. The 40-foot-wide and 150-foot-long pool was filled with salt water pumped in from Biscayne Bay. During the summer off-season, local residents were allowed to use the pool for a fee of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. -- From "Miami in Vintage Postcards", by Patricia Kennedy, 2000.
General Note:
1 postcard, postally unused; caption on the front: "Miami, Florida. Swimming Pool, Hotel Royal Palm"
General Note:
Roughly located between South East 2 and 3 Ave., and between South East 2nd and 3rd Street and occupied by DuPont Plaza

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI05112113

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Miami Metropolitan Archive