Title: Miami's shopping district, East Flagler St., Miami, Florida

Summary: This scene features the Burdines store at 22 E. Flagler Street; a McCrory Corporation building; Walgreens; Florsheims Shoes; a Ritz hotel; and the Kress store building (in the distance on the right; built 1938). The City of Miami operated trolley cars from 1921 until November 14, 1940. "Business has shown steady growth and has kept up with the swiftly moving modern times in this city. Bright clean streets make shopping a pleasure in Miami." --Caption on verso.

Collection Title: Florida Postcard Collection

Collection No.: ASM0299

Archive: asm02990001880001001.tif

Container: Box No.: 3, Folder Title: Miami.

Coverage Temporal: 1930-1939

Coverage Spatial: Miami (Fla.)

Physical Description: 1 color postcard

Digital ID: asm02990001880001001

Note: The Burdines, at 22 E. Flagler Street, was built in 1936 in Streamline Moderne style. The Kress store building, in the distance on the right, went up in 1938. KM364. 25703N.

Publisher: Thomas R. West; E. C. Kropp Co.

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: II Florida, A-Z (except Miami Beach)

Subject: Flagler Street (Miami, Fla.); Trolley cars; City traffic; Shopping centers; Central business districts; Color in architecture

Genre: Postcards

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Miami's shopping district, East Flagler St., Miami, Florida