Title: |
Fairyland Pier |
| Description: | Photograph of tourists in line on a pier. The caption reads: "In 1905 Miami Beach was merely a dense mangrove swamp fronted by a beautiful sea beach where mainlanders came occasionally to bathe in the ocean. Avery Smith's company operated a cross-bay ferry line between this pier at the foot of what is now Biscayne Street and Miami." The sign in the photo reads: "This pier the entrance to Fairy Land is the private property of the Biscayne Navigation Co. All persons other than those landed by boats of said Co. will be charged 25 cents each admission fee. Biscayne Navigation Co." |
| Subject: | Piers. Tourist attractions. |
| Photographer: | Hoit, Richard B. |
Repository: |
Special Collections Division. University of Miami Libraries. |
| Collection: | ASM0636 Richard B. Hoit Photograph Collection.
Box: 2. Folder: 52. Folder Title: Miami Beach, Florida: Miami Beach was merely a dense mangrove swamp, fronted by a beautiful sea beach where mainlanders came occasionally to bathe. |
| ID | Item 3184 File asm06360000240001001 |
| Copyright | © University of Miami. All rights reserved.Permission to duplicate, distribute, or publish materials must be obtained from the Head of the Special Collections Division, University of Miami Libraries. |
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