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APR-1939 Library of Congress

1939 - the Gulf Hotel on Miami Beach

5th Street and West Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida view map


Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Thank you to the commenters for identifying the location of this hotel.


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Don Boyd15-Mar-2016 07:50
Thank you Robyn. That is exactly where my friend Martha Pierson said it was back in her comment from 29-APR-2009. I neglected to change the location above after she posted her comment.

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Robyn Noelle 14-Mar-2016 23:28
Hi Don, I came across this on LOC and then went on a hunt to find out where it was actually located. In this article when it first opened in 1938 it states it was at the intersection of 5th and west street on Biscayne bay in Miami beach. Here is a link to the aticle itself in an issue from "Moter boating" April 1938 https://books.google.com/books?id=6CHhiVQW_9MC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=Gulf+Lighthouse+Service+Station&source=bl&ots=Y38NchGhyJ&sig=eImfpb5xkQgsO1ZpCUtSx4gkuWE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrvIfyqMHLAhUDx2MKHVcSBDQ4ChDoAQg6MAU#v=onepage&q=Gulf%20Lighthouse%20Service%20Station&f=false
Valeta 05-Jul-2012 13:53
Martha Pierson: Do you have a picture of a hotel on the southern end of Miami Beach that has a mermaid on the front? Betwen 1950 and 1960? My dad was the artist and told the story of two policemen having coffee at the curb and joking with him because he was up there painting her breast. Thanks for all your additions to this wonderful site. Valeta
Betsy Peacock 12-Oct-2010 22:38
Did anyone know who was the bookkeeper at this Miami Beach Hotel in 1953?
He may have been my biological father!! I had THE most wonderful parents in the world, but have recently lost both of them. I just want to know names, see pictures & learn the health histories of my biological parents. I know my bio-dad was a bookkeeper at a Miami Beach Hotel in 1953. How MANY were there? Please contact me at Boodles1953@aol.com if you can help me!
Martha Pierson 29-Apr-2009 01:52
Don,
This hotel was at the very east end of the MacArthur Cswy, on the north side.
There was an aquairium just to the north of the hotel. One of the postcards
in my collection shows this hotel.