Amphitrite Hotel, Fort Lauderdale

Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 800 dpi

Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 800 dpi

Name/Title

Amphitrite Hotel, Fort Lauderdale

Entry/Object ID

P-403

Description

Large ship (Amphitrite Hotel) docked at sandy spot with palm trees. Sepia photographic image with white border. Real photo postcard. Postally unused.

Collection

FLHS Postcard Collection

Cataloged By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Made/Created

Artist

Kelcy Photo & Art Shop

Notes

Date: 1930s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Ships

Search Terms

Hotels, Ships, Amphitrite

Location

Location

Container

Box 1

Room

Hofmann Manuscript Room

Building

Hoch Heritage Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 26, 2023

Inventory

Inventoried By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Inventoried Date

Aug 6, 2008

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 27, 2007

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

5-7685

General Notes

Note

Notes: Formerly a U.S. Navy monitor that saw action during the Spanish-American War, the Amphitrite was converted to a floating hotel in 1919 and was brought to Fort Lauderdale in 1931. (Fort Lauderdale Memories: A Postcard History, 1900-1960 by Todd L. Bothel, former curator)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 6, 2008

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 31, 2023