1635-14 Anti-Semitism i
CH fl P 1 E fl f 0 U fl 1 E E N 28 "Officials WelcomeGi-Man Probeof Crime Dec. 29, 1956) that when the 1926
inMiami;'MiamiHerald,Dec.22,1939. hurricane struck,it did a great deal of
29 Oral history interview with Alfred Barton damage to the mausoleum.It never was
1 "Surf Club Plans Gala Season,"The Sun- by Polly Redford,May 12, 1967. repaired.It would not be until the 1980s,
day Pictorial,Jan.3,1932. 30 Archives,Miami Beach City Clerk's Of- when development was underway for a
2 Letter from Carl Fisher to Dr.Elisha King, fice. deluxe residential community on the
April 17,1933,CF–HASF. 31 Ironic in the 1935-36 winter season bro. island, that the mausoleum was de •
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3 Miami Beach City Directory,1926. chure was an advertisement for the stroyed.
4 Oral history interview with Jesse Weiss by Alamac Hotel at 1257 Collins Avenue. 3 "Carl G. Fisher Rites Conducted On
Ann Bishop,1982. It was run by the Jacobs family—prin. Beach,"Miami Herald,July 19, 1939.
5 "Miami Beach Building at Rapid Pace," cipally Albert and Walter—whoadver- 4 "Fisher Boulevard Proposal Opposed,"
Miami Herald,July 21,1936. tised"delicious Hungarian cuisine and Miami Herald,Aug.3,1939.
6 "New Miami Beach Schools Will Open," dietary laws"—which meant that the 5 Fisher's estate: $42,087 worth of stock
Miami Herald,Sept. 13,1936. hotel's restaurant was kosher. inthe Carl G. Fisher Corporation,his i
7 From Wilderness to Metropolis:the History 32 "Workers find anti-Semitic sign of the house at 650 West 51st Terrace, ap-
and Architecture of Dade County,Florida, past,"Miami Herald,July 14,1985. praised at$12,500,with a$6,000 mort-
1825-1940,Dade County Historic Pres- 33 Redford,Billion Dollar Sandbar,214. gage,plus$341.62 in cash.His clothing,
ervation Division,1982,130-132. 34 Hyman Galbut—now a retired attorney— jewelry and automobile were valued at
8 The St. Moritz (1939) at 1565 Collins says he remembers a sign proclaiming $2,165;he was holding$1,104 worth of
Avenue,the Sands(1939)at 1601 Col- "No Jews or Dogs"on the George Wash- accounts receivable. ("$52,198 Estate
lies Avenue, the National (1940) at ington Hotel at 516 Washington Av- Is Left by Carl Fisher,"Miami Herald,
1677 Collins Avenue and the Versailes enue in the 1930s. He contends he March 16, 1940).
(1940)at 3425 Collins Avenue. would contemptuously smack his hand 6 "Friends Dedicate Fisher Memorial Amid
9 Among Hohauser's Miami Beach accom- against it on the way to school.Coinci- Ceremonies,"Miami Daily News,April
plishments were the Edison Hotel dentally, singing star Gloria Estefan, 11,1940.
(1935)at 960 Ocean Drive,the Essex when interviewed for the November- 7 Ibid. f
House(1938)at 1001 Collins Avenue, December 1990 issue of Philip Morris 8 "Collins Rites Set Tomorrow,"MiamiDaily
theCentury(1939)at 1400cean Drive, Magazine, said that when her family News,May 23, 1939.
the Cardozo (1939) at 1300 Ocean came to Miami from Cuba in 1959,"Ido 9 Ibid.
Drive,the New Yorker(1940)at 1360 remember,vividly,mymom getting real 10 "Collins Bequeaths $1,128,408 Estate,"
Collins Avenue and the Warsaw Ball- upset with signs all over the place that Miami Daily News,Dec.27, 1939.
room(1940)at 1450 Collins Avenue. said 'No Children, No Pets, No Cu- 11 Miami Beach City Directory, 1940. t
10 Dixon's accomplishments include the Tides bans.'" 12 Ibid.
(1936)at1220OceanDrive,the Victor 35 Minutes of Miami Beach City Council 13 "Wolfson Chosen Mayor by Unanimous
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(1937)at 1144 Ocean Drive,and five Meeting,Nov.4, 1936;Miami Beach
City Clerk's office. Acclaim,"Miami Herald,June 3,1934.
1939 hotels,all on Collins Avenue:the 14 Oral history interview with Michell
Marlin)at 1200 Collins Avenue, the 36 Oral history interview with C. W. (Pete Wolfson for Temple Israel by Marcia
Nash—later renamed the Senator—at Chase)by Polly Redford,Sept.28,1966. Kanner,Nov.24, 1970.
1201 Collins Avenue, the Tiffany at 37 Letter from Fred Humpage to Margaret G. 15 Ibid. d
801 Collins Avenue,the Tudor at 1 1 11 Fisher,Aug.18,1938,CF–HASF. 16 Dan Mahoney was James Cox'son-in-law
Collins Avenue and the Palmer House 38 Letter from Carl Fisher to Lafayette Page, and publisher of the Miami Daily News.
at 1119 Collins Avenue. Jr.,Nov.7,1938,CF–HASF. 17 Oral history interview with Mitchell
11 Redford,Billion Dollar Sandbar,204-205. 39 Letter from Thomas Pancoast to Carl Wolfson for Temple Israel by Marcia
12 Interview with Kay Pancoast by author, Fisher,July 7, 1939,CF–HASF. Kanner,Nov.24, 1970.
April 8,1992. 40 Letter from Carl Fisher to Thomas 18 Ibid. t
13 Interview of Hyman Galbut by author, Pancoast,July 10,1939,CF–HASF. 19 "Sunset Island No.2—A Picky Paradise,"
Dec.17,1993. 41 Letter from Thomas Pancoast to Carl Miami News,May 5,1972.
14 Interview with Helen Muir by author,July Fisher,July 14,1939,CF–HASF. 20 "Harding Tale Tragic,"Miami Herald,April
1,1992. 42 "Carl G.Fisher Dies In City He Made Rise 21,1940. •
15 Interview with Sally Hopkins Woodruff From Swamps,"Miami Daily News,July 21 "10-Year Fight Lost by Action," Miami
by author,Dec.2, 1993. 16,1939. Herald,March 16,1940.
16 "From Show Girl to Benefactor,"Miami 43 Ibid. 22 "Harding Tale Tragic,"Miami Herald,April
Herald,May 5,1986. 21,1940. ,
17 Interview with Leonard Abess by author, C H 8 HE E fl f I f 1 E E H 23 "Miami Beach Second In U.S.Population
May 13,1992. Gain,"Miami Herald,April 13,1941.
18 Interview with Harold Kassewitz by au- 24 "200 New Hotels Pierce Ever Changing
thor,May 13,1992. 1 "Fisher's Body May Be Buried in Beach," Skyline,"Miami Herald,Nov.16,1941.
19 The Floridian Hotel,built in 1925 on the Miami Herald,July 18,1939.
t site of the aquarium,underwent a name 2 Historian Thelma Peters,in her 1981 book C N H P 1 E N S 1 X 1 E E N
change to Biscaya. Demolishing it in Biscayne Country, reports that Mary
1987 caused major protests by preserva- Sullivan Barnott Peden claimed—
tion groups. p.50—to have buried several ofherchil- 1 Helen Muir:Miami,U.S.A.221.
20Jack Kofoed,Moon Over Miami(New York: dren in the sand dunes near the House 2 Ibid.
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Random House,1955),182-183. of Refuge where her husband was keeper 3 "Beach Gets Air School for 4,000,"Miami
21 Ibid. from 1877 until 1883.It has not been Daily News,Feb. 19,1942.
22 Some histories refer to the Beach and Ten- documented. 4 "500 Student Soldiers Due in City Today,"
nis Club as the Bath and Tennis Club, Long before he fell ill,Fisher had planned Miami Daily News,Feb.20,1942.
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but the 1931 Miami Beach City Direc- for his final resting place on the island 5 "Beach Golf Links Become Drill Grounds
tory lists it as the Beach and Tennis across from the southern tip of Miami in Jig Time,"Miami Daily News,March
Club. Beach. Called—through the years— 1, 1942.
23 House Bill No. 1131,Florida Legislature, Rabbit Island, Peninsula Terminal Is- 6 "WeCallltPatriotism,""GettingResults," t
June 10,1935. land,Terminal Island (at the time of The Beach Breeze(student newspaper)
24 Ibid. Fisher's death),later Fisher's Island and, Feb.25,1942. •
25 The elimination of the machines did not finally,Fisher Island,Carl built a mau- 7 "Eyewitness Describes Ship Burning off
occur until Oct.1,1937,because of the soleum for himself there,his name in- Miami," Miami Daily News, May 15, N
valid licenses being held by operators. scribed in stone atop the vault. His 1942.
26 "Group at Beach Promises To Stop All long-time associate Pete Chase told the 8 It might be argued that the terror of Nazism i
Gaming,"Miami Daily News,Nov. 1, Miami Herald("Two Millionaires Share first visited Miami Beach in early June
1936. Tract With Uncle Sam,Miami Herald, 1939 when the S.S.St.Louis,a German
27 "G-Men Probing Crime and Civic Cor- June 13, 1948) and the Miami Daily passenger vessel carrying more than 900
ruption in Miami,Chief Says,"Miami News(Beach Has 2 Cemeteries But No fleeing German-Jews,cruised off Miami
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Herald,Dec.22,1939. One's Buried There,"Miami Daily News, Beach within sight of residents after
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