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The McAlpin Hotel on the Ocean, Miami Beach, Fla.

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The McAlpin Hotel on the Ocean, Miami Beach, Fla.
Description:     "Directly on the Ocean - New - Modern - All Outside Rooms with Private Bath and Shower - Solarium - Recreation Rooms - Elevator - Free Parking - Conveniently located for All Activities. Open all year."--Caption on verso. Address: 1424 Ocean Drive. The McAlpin was built by architect L. Murray Dixon in 1940. In 1993, the hotel received the Barbara Baer Capitman Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.  
Subject:      Art deco (Architecture).   Art Deco Historic District (Miami Beach, Fla).   Beaches.   Color in architecture.   Hotels.   McAlpin Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla).   Seaside architecture.   Seaside resorts.  
Publisher:      Colourpicture Publishers, Inc.
Architect:      Dixon, Lawrence Murray, 1901-1949
Date:      ca. 1940

Repository:     

Special Collections Division. University of Miami Libraries.
Collection:     ASM0299 Postcard Collection.
Series: III. Miami Beach.
Box: 9. Folder: 0. Folder Title: Miami Beach -- Hotels.
IDItem 166    File asm02990001030001001
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