ART DECO LECTURE SERIES | |||
Tuesday 13 May | |||
| The Curtiss-Bright Cities: Hialeah, Miami Springs & Opa Locka Tireless inventor and reckless speed demon Glenn Curtiss left a trail of firsts in his wake, including patents, transatlantic flights and a 1907 land speed record. James Bright was a fellow visionary who partnered with Curtiss to develop the communities of Hialeah, Miami Springs and Opa Locka. Told here for the first time in a new book by South Florida author Seth Bramson, this captivating story is one of daring entrepreneurship in the midst of the south Florida land boom of the early 1920's. | |||
| Miami memorabilia collector extraordinaire Seth Bramson is the senior collector of Miami memorabilia and Floridiana in America. He is an Adjunct Professor in both the Graduate and Undergraduate Health Services Administration programs at Barry University as well as Adjunct Professor of History at Florida International University, where he teaches all of the University's south Florida and Florida history courses as well as two courses not taught in any other college or university in Florida: The History of American Railroads and "Florida and the Three Henrys" which examines the lives and great works of the three fabled Henrys who built Florida. A graduate of Cornell University's famed School of Hotel Administration, Bramson received his MBA degree from St. Thomas University in Miami and his MS degree from FIU. He is the author of thirteen books and more than 60 articles on Florida local and transportation history, including several in academic and juried jounals. His collection of Miami memorabilia and Floridiana is the largest such collection in private hands in the country, and his Miami-Dade photographic collection alone numbers over 18,000 images. He is currently working on his 14th book titled L'Chaim! The History of the Jewish Community of Greater Miami. Free admission. |
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| Location: Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org | |||
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