The Fleetwood Hotel fills the frame: a tan, multi-tiered block topped by a rooftop observatory tower, palms and shrubs along its base, and a row of 1920s automobiles parked in the drive.
Miami Beach in the mid-1920s was riding the Florida land boom, and winter visitors came for the ocean bathing and the new resort hotels rising along the beach. A rooftop observatory was a common flourish on boom-era hotels, giving guests a view over the island and the water.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Miami Beach, Fla.
March 12" 1927
Dearie: Here is the
picture of your Fleetwood
Hotel through radio on
the 8" floor. they are
having a big time there
to-night. We took in the
music at the Flamingo
last eve. had a very nice
time until one of the party got
their fingers in the machine
door.
White border all around; visible linen-like crosshatch texture; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: MIAMI BEACH FLA MAR 10 9:30 AM 1927. Divided-back Tichnor Quality Views card, pub. by Pictorial Centre, Miami, Florida, no. 123553. Pencil dealer marks "25088 200" at top right.
Cite this card
Fleetwood Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, 1927, postcard, c. 1927. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fleetwood-hotel-miami-beach-fl-1927. Accessed November 2, 2026.
