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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M89- 1
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Title, Dates: Miami hurricane photographs, 1926.
Amount: 1 items (40 photographs)
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Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Biographical/Historical:     On the night of 17 September 1926, a category four hurricane struck downtown Miami. 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 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. In less than ten years, two more devastating hurricanes struck the same area in 1928 and 1935. At a time before named hurricanes, the 1926 hurricane was known as the "Great Miami Hurricane."
Summary:     This collection contains a booklet titled "40 Views of Miami Hurricane." The images included in this booklet depict the damage caused by the hurricane of September 1926 in Miami, Florida. The images include destroyed buildings, ships, automobiles, and roads in the downtown area of Miami Beach.
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Associated Materials: For more images of the damage caused by the 1926 hurricane, see Collection M82-113, Miami Shores Photographs (.25 cubic feet) and Collection M82-117, Florida Hurricane Photographs (10 photos).
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General Note: Florida Photographic Collection Number P1989-1.
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Subject Access Fields: Hurricane damage.
Hurricanes Florida
Photographs. aat
Biscayne Bay (Fla.)
Miami (Fla.)
Miami Beach (Fla.)
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