Title: Fairyland Pier

Summary: 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."

Creator: Hoit, Richard B.

Collection Title: Richard B. Hoit Photograph Collection

Collection No.: ASM0636

Archive: asm06360000240001001.tif

Container: Box No. 2; 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.

Coverage Spatial: Florida; Miami-Dade County (Fla.); Miami Beach (Fla.);

Coverage Temporal: 1900-1909

Date: 1905

Digital ID: asm06360000240001001

Genre: Photographs

Physical Description: 1 b&w photograph

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: I Unassigned

Subject: Piers; Tourist attractions

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Fairyland Pier