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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M92- 9
	Creator:	Hunting, George Milton.
	Title, Dates:	1926 hurricane aftermath photographs, 1926.
	Amount:	52 photographs
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	Biographical/Historical:	Between 18 and 21 September 1926, a category four hurricane struck South Florida. With sustained winds of over a 100 mph -- the first time such an occurrence had ever been recorded -- the storm caused millions of dollars in damage, ruining South Florida's crops as well as its real estate and tourism business, and killed over 400 residents. Most residents died as the eye passed through; ignorant that the storm was not yet finished, many ventured to assess the damage and were trapped without shelter. Over 55,000 Floridians were without electricity and another 40,000 were rendered homeless. At a time before named hurricanes, the 1926 hurricane was known as the "Great Miami Hurricane."
	Summary:	The collection contains 42 prints and 10 negatives depicting various Florida locations in the aftermath of the 1926 hurricane. Most of the images are of Miami, including its downtown and hotels, Miami Canal, Miami Beach theater, and Coconut Grove. There are also images of Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, Hollywood, Ponce DeLeon Springs, citrus groves in Orlando, and the Suwannee River. The images document the architecture and tourist facilities in many of these areas as well as destruction from the hurricane.
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	Additional Physical Form:	Select images have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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	Associated Materials:	For more images of the 1926 hurricane damage, see Collection M82-117, Florida Hurricane Photographs, 1926 and 1949 (10 photographs), and Collection M89-1, Miami Hurricane Photographs, 1926 (40 photographs).
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	General Note:	Florida Photographic Collection Number P1992-002
	Electronic Records Access:	https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
	Subject Access Fields:	Hotels Florida Hurricane damage. Hurricanes Florida Springs Florida. Tourism Florida. Negatives. aat Photographs. aat Dade County (Fla.) Daytona Beach (Fla.) Miami (Fla.) Orlando (Fla.) Ponce de Leon Springs (Fla.) Suwannee River (Ga. and Fla.) West Palm Beach (Fla.)
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