Photographs depicting Seminole Indians with dugout canoes, 1920-1928 (bulk 1920)
From Photographs : series 30.
1928
Florida Everglades
(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Statement of Responsibility) Report of the Florida Everglades Engineering Commission to the Board of Commissioners of the Everglades Drainage District and the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, State of Florida, 1913.; Bibliography: p. 121.; Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; Isham Randolph, chairman.; Appendixes: A. Maps and surveys used in compilation of Florida everglades engineering commission. -- B. Tide gauges. -- C. Bench marks on Atlantic coast, Florida intracoastal canal. -- D. Profiles. -- E. Bibliography. -- F. Photographs.; Submitted by Mr. Ftetcher. Ordered printed January 29, 1914.
1914
Drainage ditches, equipment and men on the Davie agricultural farm, 1911-1913.
See Everglade magazine for detailed captions.; The Everglades Land Sales Company operated an experimental farm at Davie (T50S R41E) to help sell reclaimed land. Miller was one of the salesmen. The Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company (Findlay, Ohio) manufactured the ditcher.; (Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
1913
Photographs depicting Forward to the Soil publicity event, February 5, 1927.
From Photographs : series 30.; The Miami Chamber of Commerce staged a publicity event, Forward to the Soil, to promote sales of reclaimed land, and which took place on the Roselawn Tract, near Hialeah. Without tribal consent, Musa Isle headman Tony Tommie participated in the ceremony, made peace and handed over the Everglades to whites. The rest of the tribe and the U.S. government did recognize his actions.
1927
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