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Don Boyd | all galleries >> Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries - largest non-Facebook collection on the internet >> Miami Area HOTELS and MOTELS Historical Photos Gallery - All Years - click on image to view > 1950's - the Ocean Palm Motor Hotel on Sunny Isles, Dade County
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1950's Courtesy of Alvin Lederer

1950's - the Ocean Palm Motor Hotel on Sunny Isles, Dade County

Sunny Isles, Dade County, Florida


Thank you to Alvin Lederer for contributing this old postcard image. According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Isles_Beach,_Florida#History this was the first two-story motel in the USA, but Wikipedia is only as good as the accuracy of the person submitting the information. The fact that the postcard calls it a "Hotel" would make it a hotel and not a motel.


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Robert Lozano 24-Oct-2012 19:55
The building was demolished in 2012.
Betsy Peacock 12-Oct-2010 22:50
Does anyone know who was the bookkeeper here in 1953? I have recently learned that my biological father was a bookkeeper at a Miami Beach Hotel in 1953. Florida is a closed adoption state, so I don't have a name!!! I'd just like to learn his name, see pictures, and learn our family health history. Please e-mail me if you can help me!
Betsy Peacock Boodles1953@aol.com