Title: Ocean front hotel barracks, Army Air Forces, Miami Beach, Fla.

Summary: This commandeered row includes the Pancoast Hotel, Sea Isle Hotel, Whitman, Versailles, Shoremede, Ocean Grande, and Caribbean Hotels. Unlike some of the others, the Versailles, at 3425 Collins Avenue, survived to become renovated as the Versailles Hotel Condominium. The Ocean Grande, at 3651 Collins Avenue, also survived. The Cadillac, at 3925 Collins, was renovated and reopened as the Courtyard Marriott Miami Beach Oceanfront.

Collection Title: Florida Postcard Collection

Collection No.: ASM0299

Approximate Date: 1942

Archive: asm02990001170001001.tif

Container: Box No.: 9, Folder Title: Miami Beach -- Hotels.

Coverage Temporal: 1940-1949

Coverage Spatial: Miami Beach (Fla.)

Physical Description: 1 color postcard

Digital ID: asm02990001170001001

Note: Inscription on verso. Postmark: Mar 21, 1943. Genuine Curteich-Chicago C. T. Art-Colortone post card. D.C: 145. 2B-H1364.

Publisher: Dade County Newsdealers Supply Co.; Curt Teich and Co.

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: III Miami Beach

Subject: Hotels; Seaside resorts; Pancoast Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Sea Isle Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Whitman Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Versailles Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Shoremede Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Ocean Grande Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Caribbean Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla.); United States. Army -- Barracks and quarters; Beaches; Art deco (Architecture)

Genre: Postcards; Aerial views

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Ocean front hotel barracks, Army Air Forces, Miami Beach, Fla.