City - Miami FL - Downtown Miami 1908 by Mike Savad

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Description Colorized photo from 1908Original Title: 12th Street, looking eastPhotographer: Detroit PublishingLocation: 10 N Miami Ave, Miami FL (FL-968)If I didn't tell you that this was downtown Miami, you would think this was a scene from the old west. Maybe its really a scene from the old south?We are in downtown Miami, to be exact, its Flagler St at the corner of Ave D. The street names changed over they years. Flagler st was once called 12th st, Ave D was renamed to Miami Ave). Yeah its confusing.For a frame of reference to where this is, that white colored building on the left in the background, exists today. A time traveler would be very confused where everything wentAnyway, on the right is a hotel and a grocery store. On the left in the very back, that Victorian house is really the Halcyon Hotel, or where it stood. The town in these days was relaxed, dirt roads, horse poop just where ever, it was expected in those days. The rules were relaxed, for example, on the left, someone place a metal awning around the poles. They would not allow that today. I like the detail of adding cobblestone where the horse cart would back in. My guess is it was probably very muddy when it rained. They did have cars in this era, just only very few. So few in fact that when they gave you a drivers license, you had to make your own plate. They did this till about 1915. You got your number, the one on the street is 3 digits long. It might have been metal, wood, leather or even cardboard. There was no real color coding then, nothing was standard, it was all a do it yourself project.

Mike Savad, Westfield, NJ
Member Since August 2009
Artist Statement My name is Mike Savad, I create one of a kind creations. Photo realistic is what people think of first. There are many themes, flowers, porches, and local Suburban Scenes, some city, some urban. I also have many Job inspired images that cover a quite a range. If your looking for a gift for your Pharmacist, Doctor, Dentist, Lawyer, Barber, Gardner, Fireman etc, there should be something there for you. These will look very nice hanging on your wall, or in a waiting room, even a hotel room. My art is inspired by Norman Rockwell and Paintings from the time of the Renaissance.