For Greater Miami and other parts of Florida, the stock market crash of October 1929 only deepened an economic downturn that followed the collapse of the real estate boom of the mid-1920s. Those economic conditions, however, did not deter the…
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On February 22, 1917, James William Ewan passed away at the age of 67. Having arrived in Miami in 1874, he was one of a handful of pioneers that arrived prior to Miami’s incorporation in 1896. J.W. Ewan, known as…
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This article features two photos of a similar northbound view of Southeast Second Avenue in downtown Miami: one in 1947 (cover), and the other 1934 (Figure 1). The cover photograph highlights the buildings and tenants of SE Second Avenue in…
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