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| Page, recto: [Top] The 1000-horsepower Norman H. Davis, with suction pipe and rotary cutter above water. This giant could force a 20-inch stream a full mile and did much of the filling and canal cutting in the north part of the beach [bottom] Dredge outlet filling polo grounds on July 23, 1923. The Nautilus, taking shape in the background, was opened within eight months, all graded and landscaped |
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| Page, verso: [Top] To speed up work dipper dredges built retaining fills alongshore, behind which the regular fill was pumped [bottom] The rich topsoil of North Miami Beach was piled up by draglines and scoops before sand fill was pumped in. Afterward it was spread over the surface again |
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| Page, recto: [Top] During the social season thousands enjoy the oceanfront walks "where summer spends the winter [bottom] Sidewalk cafes overlooking the sea are reminiscent of the French Riviera, which boasts no such climate as Miami Beach |
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| Page, verso: [Top] wadding pool [bottom] The children's circus |
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| Page, recto: [Top] The Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, organized July 13, 1921 [center right] The Chamber of Commerce Docks, owned by the City [Bottom, view of the Storage Beach Boat and yatching] |
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| Page, verso: [Top] Local facilities for cinema entertainment [center right] The Sheridan, at 41st Street and Sheridan Ave [center left] the Community Theater, 1007 Lincoln Road [bottom] the Colony, 1046 Lincoln Road |
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| Page, recto: [Top and bottom] The Collins Canal |
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| Page, verso: [Top] On May 22, 1913, Pancoast led the first motorcade across the Collins bridge from Miami [center] The bridge was formally opened on June 12 [bottom] The future of the beach was founded upon two and one-half miles of planks and pilings |
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| Page, recto: [Top] July 1923, saw the first coconut tree planted in the Nautilus grounds [center] Thousands of tons of rock for road-building were brought across the bay from the mainland and up the Collins canal on barges [bottom] Alton Beach Railroad |
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| Page, verso: [Top] Within a few months bare sandflats became polo fields [bottom] Meanwhile road building was proceeding apace |
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| Page, verso: [Top] The northern end of the beach ... The Bath Club [bottom] The Surf Club |
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| Page, verso: [Two men practicing sports] |
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| Page, recto: Pine Tree Drive |
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| Page, verso: [Illustrations of local flora] |
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| Page, recto: [Top] Charles M. Lum built the first home on Maimi Beach in 1886 [bottom, view of the Lummus Park, 1920s] |
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| Page, verso: [Top] In 1905 Miami beach was merely a dense mangrove swamp fronted by a beautiful sea beach where mainlanders came occasionally to bathe in the ocean. Avery Smith's company operated a cross-bay ferry line between this pier at the foot of what is now Biscayne Street and Miami [bottom] Smith's Casino |
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| Page, recto: [Top] In 1907 John S. Collins, of Moorestown, New Jersey, bought half ownership in 1670 acres of beach land [bottom, machinery clearing land] |
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| Page, verso: [Illustrations of avocado trees plantations] |
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| Page, recto: [Top] private docks [bottom, view of a yatch |
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| Page, verso: [Photographic illustrations of Biscayne Bay's annual regatta] |
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| Page, recto: [Top] replica of a Mississippi River showboat [bottom] venetian gondolas |
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| Page, verso: [Photographic illustration of a yacht] in sunlit waters off Miami Beach |
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| Page, recto: [Top left, portrait of Henry M. Flagler; top right, monument in his honor. Bottom, wood-burning locomotives |
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| Page, verso: [Photographic illustration of social. Among attendees are Mrs Julia Tuttle and his son. Bottom, their mansion] |
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| Page, recto: [Photographic illustrations of two large yachts on Biscayne Bay] |
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| Page, verso: [Waterways scenes] |
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| Page, recto: [View of mansion with Spanish architectural influences] |
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| Page, verso: [Two aerial view of Miami Beach in 1917] |
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| Page, recto: [Views of houses with Spanish architectural influences] |
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| Page, verso: [Views of houses with Spanish architectural influences] |
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| Page, recto: [Aerial views of mansions on Fisher's Island, south of Government Cut] |
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| Page, verso: [Views of houses with Spanish architectural influences next to canals] |
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| Page, recto: [Views of mansion with Spanish architectural influences] |
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| Page, verso: [Views of houses with Spanish architectural influences] |
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| Page, recto: [Views of golfers and the Municipal Golf Club] |
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| Page, verso: [Top] The clubhouse at the Bayshore Golf Club, one of three private links [bottom] The LaGorce Golf Course from the air, showing the bauty of adjacent waterways |
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| Page, recto: [Fishing scenes] |
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| Page, verso: [Top] Green turtle [bottom] Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club on Hibiscus Island |
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| Page, recto: [Photographic illustration of red mangroves] |
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| Page, recto: [Two photographic illustrations of mangroves and swamp] |
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| Page, recto: The huge Harvey Firestone estate |
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| Page, verso: [Waterway scenes] |
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| Page, recto: [Views of Lincoln Road in the 1920s] |
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| Page, verso: [Photographic illustrations of various churches in Miami Beach] |
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| Page, recto: [Photographic illustration of local flora] |
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| Page, verso: [Aerial view of Allison Island in the middle of Indian Creek] |
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| Page, verso: Indian Creek Golf Club |
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| Page, verso: [Views of tennis players and tennis courts] |
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| Page, recto: [Views of "beauties" posing in the beach] |
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| Page, verso: [Views of Roney Plaza and Nautilus cabanas] |
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