1925 (dated)
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Description
This is Robert M. Davidson's 1925 map of Miami Beach, Florida - the earliest known example of the first official planning map of Miami Beach, drawn at the height of construction in Miami Beach and the apex of the Florida Land Boom. The map was first drawn by Davidson, Miami Beach's first City Engineer, in 1920, with the present example bearing the date of February 1925. The map covers from 42nd Street to South Point, covering modern day South Beach and parts of Mid-Beach. The map reveals the early planning and lotting of Miami Beach, noting sub-divisions, individual lots, parks, hotels, and golf clubs, and elite developments such as 'Star Island'. Although very large as is, the present map is only the 'South Half' of the full map, although no surviving examples of the 'North Half' are known, and it may not have been issued at all.