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| Cover: Isle-O-Mar. The Belle Isle Estate of Joseph H. Adams, Miami BEach, Flroida |
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| 003: [Text] Easterly driveway to the main house through two porte-cocheres leading to the large and small garages and service quarters on the water front. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 005: [Text] The westerly drive is lined with Royal Palms. Beyond portecochere are dance flat, tea house, greenhouses, guest bungalow and water front lawns. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 007: [Text] Rear of westerly wing of house showing large extension dining room, lawns, Washingtonian palm trees and locations for umbrella tables and chairs. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 009: [Text] Water front side of house with marble dancing flat in foreground, showing also the tile fountain in centre and pergolas at the ends. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 011: [Text] South westerly section of house showing native coral rock chimney and side steps from studio-living and music room, walk leading to dancing flat and large summer house on water-front. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 013: [Text] Tea house and pergolas surrounding long fish and lily pools, also showing stone lattice and ile panels, terraces and steps leading to broken tile mosaic floating above pools. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 015: [Text] A view from the tea house overlooking the aquatic plant and goldfish pools surrounded by pergolas and with broken colored tile mosaic flooring having concrete edges. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 017: [Text] One of the two water front summer-houses overlooking Biscayne Bay. Part of main house in background. Dancing flat at left and portion of concrete dock in foreground. |
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| 019: [Text] Water front view of part of the grounds showing one of the two Venetian seats with steps for small boat landings at left. Dancing flat in middle foreground, tea house and pools in background. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 021: [Text] Bronze and iron vestibule gates through which entrance is had to the main house. Structural work of Norway iron, ornamental leaf work of phosphor bronze. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 023: [Text] North end of studio-music-living room showing rare mantel and great fireplace. Library in distance. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 024: [Text] Studio-Music-Living room with details of great fireplace and mantel, in which there is an observation balcony with tiled dais below. The proportions of this room are truly magnificent and the acoustics could not be improved. It is seventy two feet long, thirty five feet wide and twenty feet high. Great social functions of southern Florida have adorned this setting and more than two hundred guests are frequently seated quite comfortably in this room. Similar accomodation is available in only a few other distinguished American homes. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 024: [Text] Studio-Music-Living room with details of great fireplace and mantel, in which there is an observation balcony with tiled dais below. The proportions of this room are truly magnificent and the acoustics could not be improved. It is seventy two feet long, thirty five feet wide and twenty feet high. Great social functions of southern Florida have adorned this setting and more than two hundred guests are frequently seated quite comfortably in this room. Similar accomodation is available in only a few other distinguished American homes. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 027: [Text] Organ installation with ornamental false pipes, carved gum wood spindle grill and stone carvings. Stairway is to observation balcony. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 029: [Text] Ample lightin in library. Cathedral glass transoms in color. Installed book cases with glass doors. Perfect ventillation and seclusion. |
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| 031: [Text[ Large dining room with superb view of Biscayne Bay from french plate glass windows. Artificial illumination from specialty designed central, side and top fixtures. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 032: [Text] ONe of the master bed rooms with pale green rubble walls and a complete bath room having two lavatories. Colonel Lindbergh used this room on completion of two of his non-stop flights from New York to Miami, also when he mapped the Pan-American Airways course to Central and South America. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 033: The double peach colored room of the Lindbergh suite comprises the master bed room, dressing room, lounge and a complete bath containing two lavatories, all located on a balcony of the studio-living-music room. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 035: [Text[ At the top of the house in the "Hay Loft." From it doors lead into two bed rooms, a bath and large store room. Skylights provide day-light and ventillation. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 037: [Text] The large garage, service quarters, three offices, boat house, laundry and store rooms are located under one roof at the water front. Additional garage space for four cars is in the rear. [Photographic Illustration] |
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| 040: [Text] This map gives the general location of the various estate buildings some of which are not shown in the foregoing photographs, it also shows locations on Belle Isle and boundaries of Isle-O-Mar. [Illustration] |
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