Bass, Jo Ann interview

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Material Information

Title:: Bass, Jo Ann interview
Alternate title:: Jo Ann Bass interview Miami Beach Visual Memoir
Creator:: Miami Design Preservation League
Close-Up Productions ( Producer )
Publisher:: Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (MBVCA)
Publication Date:: 2012-06-09
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 01:03:10

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant
Hospitality Industry -- Restaurant Management -- United States -- Florida -- Miami Beach
Genre:: Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:: North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:: 25.768854 x -80.135039

Scope and Content:: Granddaughter of Joe Weiss, founder of Joeʼs Stone Crab in 1913, originally a fish and chip stand. Talks about working at Joeʼs and stories of the restaurant. Mentions Smithʼs Casino, bathhouse, aquarium (5th and Alton), Biscayne Collins Hotel. Talks about the area below 5th Street, the Smith Cottages that were workers' housing. Mentions personalities at Joeʼs such as Walter Winchell and J. Edgar Hoover. Discusses Art Basel and Miami Beach revitalization and development. Tells anecdote of Mariel Boatlift era.
Biographical:: Date of Birth: 10-18-31
General Note:: (Location) Miami Beach Welcome Center