Title: Mid-Winter Regatta, Miami Beach, Fla.

Collection Title: Florida Postcard Collection

Collection No.: ASM0299

Approximate Date: 1934

Archive: asm02990002560001001.tif

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

Coverage Temporal: 1930-1939

Coverage Spatial: Miami Beach (Fla.); Indian Creek (Miami Beach, Fla.)

Physical Description: 1 color postcard

Digital ID: asm02990002560001001

Note: Caption: "Gar Wood making nearly 100 M. P. H. in Miss America." Gar Wood, a renowned boat designer and racer, broke his own record several times at Indian Creek near Miami Beach, Florida. In 1929, driving the Miss America VII motorboat, he sped over 93 miles per hour. In 1931, in the Miss America IX, he was the first to break 100 mph, and a year later he surpassed 111 mph. M-111. Inscription on back reads: "Jan. 29 - 1934. Hello Walter. Say! I am here training to fight Jack Dempsey. He is about as fat as I am - 195. Best wishes, Gus."

Publisher: Thomas R. West; Curt Teich and Co.

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: III Miami Beach

Subject: Wood, Garfield Arthur, 1880-1971; Boats and boating; Marinas; Seaside architecture

Genre: Postcards; Aerial views

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Mid-Winter Regatta, Miami Beach, Fla.