Purdy family, Art Deco Brochure, and picture of Mayor Jay Dermer

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Material Information

Title:: Purdy family, Art Deco Brochure, and picture of Mayor Jay Dermer
Creator:: Pratt, Marge ( Author, Photographer )
Ridgely, Norman C. ( Author )
Ridgely, Pat ( Author )
Miami Design Preservation League ( Author )
Place of Publication:: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Miami Beach, Fla.
Publisher:: Waterfront Publishing, Inc.
Miami Design Preservation League
Publication Date:: 1990
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 collection (memo, magazine, leaflet, and clipping) : ill. ; [various sizes, largest: 28 x 22 cm.].
Measurements:: Various sizes, largest 28 x 22

Subjects / Keywords:: Miami Beach (Fla.)--Pictorial works. ( lcsh )
Boats. ( lctgm )
Streets. ( lcsh )
Purdy Boat Company
Art deco (Architecture). ( lcsh )
Art Deco Historic District (Miami Beach, Fla.). ( lcsh )
Dermer, Jay--1930?-1984.
Awards--1960-1980. ( lctgm )
Genre:: Periodicals ( gmgpc )
Clippings ( gmgpc )
Leaflets ( gmgpc )
Documents ( gmgpc )
Spatial Coverage:: United States -- Florida -- Florida -- Miami Beach

Abstract:: The Purdy brothers built their boats in the infield of the Indianapolis Speedway prior to Carl Fisher bringing them to Miami Beach. They built boats in Miami Beach at Twentieth Street and Purdy Avenue, where the Miami Beach Yacht Basin was established (years before the Sunset Harbor Marina). Purdy Avenue, the short street between Twentieth Street and Dade Boulevard) was named for them. ( English )
General Note:: August 28, 1990 Memo from Norman C. Ridgely to Commissioner Bruce Singer regarding changing the name of Purdy Avenue to Sunset Harbor. Attached is article "The Commuters, Yachts in a Hurry" by C. Philip Moore published in Wooden Boat 94.