Title: Thunderbird Resort Motel

Summary: "Luxury with informality. Ocean at 185th St., Miami Beach, Florida" --Caption on verso.

Collection Title: Florida Postcard Collection

Collection No.: ASM0299

Approximate Date: 1961

Archive: asm02990001520001001.tif

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

Coverage Temporal: 1950-1959; 1960-1969

Coverage Spatial: Sunny Isles Beach (Fla.); Miami Beach (Fla.)

Physical Description: 1 color postcard

Digital ID: asm02990001520001001

Note: Located at 18401 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach. This once popular "Rat Pack" hang-out was originally built in 1954 and renovated in 2001 as the Best Western Thunderbird Resort Hotel. It was slated for demolition in 2003. Inscription on verso. Postmark: Aug 30, 1961.

Publisher: Curt Teich and Co.

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: III Miami Beach

Subject: Thunderbird Resort Motel (Miami Beach, Fla.); Motels; Hotels; Seaside resorts; Seaside architecture

Genre: Postcards; Photographic postcards; Aerial views

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Thunderbird Resort Motel