Bowman, Robert interview

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
Joe's Stone Crab (Miami Beach, Fla.)
Hospitality Industry -- Food Service -- United States -- Florida -- Miami Beach
Genre:: Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:: North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:: 25.7940814807124 x -80.1288546885402

Scope and Content:: He was a “poor Christian kid living south of 5th.” He worked at Joe's Stone Crab for 15 years. He talks about Jesse Weiss and his mother, a local character known as “Fish Mary.” She had the concession for catching and selling live bait on the 5th Street Pier. She had a big bait tank on wheels with an electric air pump she plugged into the pier sockets and a large square dip net she'd lower over the side to periodically refresh the bait well's contents. Bowman also talks about the changes brought about by the Cuban influx after 1959 and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Biographical:: Date of Birth: 05-12-1956
General Note:: (Location) Shelborne Hotel, 1801 Collins Ave.