Bimini Bay Rod and Gun Club

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FI22091630/00001

Material Information

Title:

Bimini Bay Rod and Gun Club

Series Title:

Claude Matlack Photograph Collection

Creator:

Matlack, Claude Carson ( Photographer )

Publication Date:

1922-06-07

Physical Location:

Filed by image number in the Matlack Collection.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Hotels
Bimini Islands (Bahamas)

Genre:

Photographs

Spatial Coverage:

Bahamas--Bimini Islands

Coordinates:

25.7493584310474 x -79.2537073617787

Notes

Abstract:

Shows the front facade of the hotel. The three-story wooden hotel was built on North Bimini's southern tip by Thomas J. Peters, a successful Miami commercial farmer and hotelier. Completed around 1920, the hotel was the largest in the Bahamas and boasted one of the first casinos. Peters intended to attract wealthy and well-connected guests, but as air service was not yet widely available, getting there by charter boat proved challenging. It met with limited success and was mostly shuttered by 1925. A massive hurricane in 1926 rendered the final blow as the building suffered irreparable damage. ( en )

General Note:

From the Claude Matlack Photograph Collection at HistoryMiami. Collection No. HMA0362.

Record Information

Source Institution:

HistoryMiami Museum

Holding Location:

HistoryMiami Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

Matlack 41-40 ( HistoryMiami )
FI22091630

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Aggregations:

HistoryMiami Museum
Claude Matlack Photograph Collection