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Graham, Ernest R., 1886-1957
Papers, 1908-1957 [primarily 1923-1948]
15 linear feet; 35 boxes, and 8 albums and scrapbooks
Politician, dairy farmer,
and rancher. Born in South Dakota. Moved to Dade County, Florida in 1921 to raise sugar for the Pennsylvania Sugar Company. Served as Florida
state legislator (1937-1944). Unsuccessful
gubernatorial candidate in 1944. Also ran unsuccessfully
for Dade County Commission in 1948.
By 1929, Pennsylvania Sugar
apparently had discontinued operations in Florida, and Graham was involved as
operator of the Pennsuco Farming Company, either leasing land from or
in partnership with the sugar company. In time Graham acquired the property and
converted it to dairy farming. He was a member of the boards of the Dade
Drainage District and the State Road Department (1929-1931).
In 1936 Graham was elected to the
Florida State Senate, where he served two terms. As a senator, he sought to
increase taxes on horse racing in order to increase funding for the aged. This
led to his chairing of a Senate Committee to Investigate Racing in the State of
Florida, which resulted in the publicizing of alleged corruption and mob
connections within the Florida racing industry. Some increase in taxation did
result.
While still a senator, Graham went to Washington in 1942 as a lobbyist for Dade County and Miami, seeking more government
contracts and other benefits for the area. He promoted the use of a barge canal
across Florida through Lake Okeechobee to avoid the risk of war-time shipping
through the Florida Straits.
He entered the 1944 gubernatorial campaign against two major opponents, Millard Caldwell and
Richard Lex Greene. After finishing third in the Democratic primary, he
supported Greene.
After leaving the legislature, Graham returned to
farming in Dade county. In 1947-48, he returned to politics
to campaign for a seat on the Dade County Commission, running largely on water
control issues. He lost in the primary election.
Arrangement: Ernest
Graham's papers are divided into five parts, usually centered on a major phase
of his career. There is slight chronological overlapping between parts, and all
items m. not relate to the overall theme. The small number of personal papers,
for example, is divided among the groups, based on date.
(I)
Correspondence and business records, ca. 1925-1936,
(II) Legislative
Correspondence and Records, 1936-1944, (III) Gubernatorial Campaign, 1943-1944, (IV) Later papers and records, 1912 [bulk 1945]-1957, and (V) Photographs and scrapbooks of clippings 1908 [bulk 1923]-1948.
Summary: The
Ernest R. Graham papers contain correspondence and other written documents,
photographs, and newspaper clippings, illustrating Graham's career in truck and dairy farming, as a public servant on the Dade Drainage Commission,
the State Highway Board, as a member of the Florida Senate, and as a political
campaigner for the Governor of Florida and Dade County Commission. There are
strong subject emphasis on horse racing and racketeering, the gubernatorial
campaign, and on drainage and other forms of water control in Dade County and
in the Everglades.
Part I: Correspondence and
Records [ca.1925, bulk 1928]-1936. Agriculture Papers, Dade Drainage District,
and State Highway Department Records. 5 boxes.
The bulk of the correspondence relates to Pennsuco
Farms, Graham's truck farm, and to operations of Graham's Dairy. It also
includes Graham's files as a member of the State Road Department and the Dade
Drainage District, including a consulting engineer's report on drainage and
State Road Department financial records. Some personal papers are included.
Part II: Legislative
Correspondence and Records, 1937 -1944.17 boxes. Includes correspondence,
records of bills, information files on legislation, and racetrack investigation
material.
Primarily the records of Graham's legislative
career, from his campaign announcement in 1936 to documents concerning a proposed special session
in May, 1944, but excluding records of his run for governor.
The major type of
document is correspondence, often accompanied by copies of bills and other
records. There is a subarrangement of correspondence from 1936-1943 (boxes
6-15), and subject files, corresponding to the legislative sessions of 1937, 1939, 1941, and 1943 (boxes 16-22). The major subject treated is horse racing (boxes 1719),
including one box each of documents, correspondence, and clippings. Records in this part are not strictly
related to legislation, and there are some personal and private business
records.
Part III: Gubernatorial Campaign
,1943-1944. 8 Boxes.
The campaign papers (8 boxes) consist primarily of
correspondence (7 boxes), and of one box of media material, primarily newspaper
and radio, advertising, speeches, and platform drafts. The correspondence
contains individual letters with supporters and voters, and examples of direct
mailing to groups of constituents. Files on his opponents are included in the
correspondence, which is primarily about, not with them. This part of the
papers extensively documents Graham's use of direct mail, print and radio
advertising in the campaign.
Part IV: Later Career: County
Commission Race, Everglades Drainage, and Graham's Dairy. 3 Boxes.
Chronologically these papers include records from the end of Graham's legislative
career and gubernatorial campaign until his death. They include records,
primarily clippings, but also speeches and correspondence from his Dade County
Commission race in 1948, correspondence
and other records relating to the management of the dairy and
a group of documents relating to drainage and water control. The dairy papers
include documents assessing its value, probably compiled to settle Graham's
estate following his death in 1957. The drainage and other water files
transcend the time period and span the whole period of Graham's life in
Florida. Water control is a central theme of Graham's papers. Flooding was a
major concern of the Pennsuco sugar operation, perhaps leading to its demise.
It occurs as a topic in the legislative records, and was a major concern to
Graham, as a property owner, after he left the legislature. His Dade County
Commission race was based largely on water control issue, and Graham was
involved in litigation against the Everglades Drainage District.
Part V: Photographs
and clippings. One box of loose photographs and four albums and scrapbooks.
The loose photographs contain a few pictures of Graham and a few relating to his
investigation of bookie operations, and one scene from his home in Michigan.
The great majority, however, relate to flooding in Dade County. Like the water
documents, they are from two periods, the twenties, and the late forties. There
are extensive photographs of high water in various places, following the
hurricanes in 1947 and 1948.
The photograph album contains pictorial records of growing sugar cane in
1923. Three scrapbooks contain clippings primarily of Graham's experience as
Washington lobbyist in 1942, the Cross-Florida Canal (Stuart-Ft. Myers), and
Florida political issues, prior to his entering the gubernatorial race in 1943.
Ernest
R. Graham Papers
Part I: Correspondence
and Records, 1925 [bulk 1928] -1936. 5 Boxes. Includes Agriculture, Dade
Drainage District and State Highway Department.
Box 1: Correspondence, 1928 -1932. Arranged by name of
individual and by topics Relates primarily to Pennsuco Farms.
1 Bowers,
James B. 1929-1930 (defendant in forgery case).
2 Echlin, Allen (Crosswell, MI) 1931
3 Eddy, C. F. (C.F. & G.W. Eddy Co.,
Boston) 1931-32
4 Graham, Ernest R. - Miscellaneous
Correspondence, 1928-1929
5 Graham, Ernest R. - Miscellaneous
Correspondence, 1931
6 Gutleben, Dan (Pennsylvania Sugar Co.)
1931
7 Hanscom, Jessie K(San Francisco) 1931
8 Hoodless,
W. H. (Vice-President, Pennsylvania Sugar Co.) Pennsuco Farming Co.
Correspondence, 1929.
9 Hoodless,
W. H. 1931.
10 Jones,
H. H. (Secretary and Treasurer, Pennsylvania Sugar Co.) Pennsuco
Correspondence, 1929.
11 Jones,
H. H., 1931
12 Canned
Goods, 1929.
13 Canned Goods Information, 1931.
14 Canning Information, 1929.
15 Dairying (Dade County, Miami) 1931
16 Potato Brokers, Buyers, 1931
17 Potatoes and Beans, 1929.
18 Taxes, 1931
Box 2: Correspondence and Records, 1925 [bulk
1928]-1933. Arranged by name of corporation.
1 Albert
Miller & Co., (Chicago) 1929.
2 Brown,
Francis M., plaintiff vs. Pennsylvania Sugar Company and E. R. Graham, 1925
[bulk 1927] -1928.
3 Dade
Drainage District Report Submitting a Plan for the Reclamation of the Lands of
the District / Dayton Morgan Engineering Co., May 5, 1928.
4 Dade
Drainage District, 1929
5 Dade Drainage District,
1931
6 Florida
Milk Control Board. Minutes of Special Meeting, Dec. 28, 1933, Miami. "Hearing involving Graham's Dairy."
7 Miami (City) 1929
8 Reuben
Marks & Co., New York (Pennsuco Farming) 1929-1930
9 State of Florida (Various state agencies) 1929
10 State
of Florida (Various state agencies) 1931
11 U.S.
Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies, 1929
12 U.S. Department of
Agriculture and other federal agencies, 1931
Box 3: Correspondence and Records - State Road Department,
1929-1931.
1 Florida
State Road Department, Correspondence, Secretary of the Board, and Minutes, June-December, 1929
2 Florida
State Road Department, Correspondence (W.A. Shands, Howard Sharp, W.J. Steed, and others) June-December, 1929
3 State
Road Department, Correspondence, Highway engineers, June - Dec. 1929.
4 State
Road Department, Correspondence, Robert W. Bentley, Chairman, June - Dec. 1929.
5 State Road Department, Financial Statements, 1929.
6 State
Road Department, Financial Statements, Minutes, 1931.
7 State Road Department,
Correspondence, 1931
Box 4: General Correspondence,
1929 "A" - "H" (8 folders)
Box 5: General Correspondence,
1929, 1931 [bulk 1931]-1935; 1-14 [1929] "K"-"Y" (14 folders),
15-29 [1931-1935] "A"-"U-W" (15 folders)
Part II: Legislative Correspondence and Records,
1936 [bulk 1937 - bulk 1943]1944. 17 Boxes.
Box 6: Announcement of Candidacy, 1936, Clippings,
1936-1940, and Correspondence by individual name, 1936-1938. For additional clippings, see also the racing
committee records, Box 19.
1 Copy of
press release, announcing 1936 candidacy
for State Senate, and campaign material
2 Campaign clippings, May 1, 1936 to December 1939
3 Clippings relating to old age funding, 1939
4 Clippings, 1940
5 Correspondence, Auchter, George D., 1938
6 Correspondence, Buford, Rivers, 1938
7 Correspondence, Codrington, C. C. (State
Democratic Headquarters), 1936
8 Correspondence, Evans, Mershon, and
Sawyer (attorneys), 1936-1938
9 Correspondence, Gillis, D. Stuart, 1936-1938
10 Graham
Family Correspondence (Mary, Philip, etc.), 1936-1937
11 Correspondence, Mahoney,
Daniel B., 1937
12 Correspondence, State Road Department, 1936-1937
Box 7: General Correspondence,1936 [bulk 1938]1939, A-H
(11 folders)
Box 8: Miscellaneous Correspondence, I - Y,1936-38 (16
folders)
Box 9: Correspondence, by name of correspondent, or
subject, 1941-1943
1 Barnes, Paul D., 1941, 1943.
2 Bebinger, Ernest W., 1942
3 Beckham, Walter, (Judge,
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court) Juvenile Court Bill, 1941
4 Beckham, Walter H., Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Miami, 1942
5 Beckham,
Walter H., Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Miami, 1943
6 Carlson, Sidney (Florida
Industrial Commission ), 1941
7 Evans, Mershon &
Sawyer, attorneys, 1943
8 Grady, Tom, 1942
9 Graham, E. R., Family correspondence, 1943-1944
10 Harris
Grady, 1943
11 Harrison, Byron, 1941
12 Herr, Ben, 1942
13 Holland, Spessard L.,
Governor, 1942
14 Johnson, Kennard (Largely relates to Miami-bade
County Emergency Coordinating Board), 1942
15 Lummis,
Newton (Dade County Tax Assessor), 1943
16 Mayo, Nathan (Commissioner of
Agriculture), 1943
17 Milledge, Stanley, 1941 (judicial
appointment)
18 Milledge, Stanley, 1943
19 National War Labor Board, 1943
20 Newman, Bob (Florida Taxpayers
Association), 1943
21 Overstreet, H. Earnest, 1941-1942
22 Powers, Tom (State Racing Commission),
1941
23 Webster, Wallace, 1943
24 Wood, Hayes (Dade County Tax Collector)
Box 10: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-42, A-B (6
folders)
Box 11: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-42, C - D (9
folders)
Box 12: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-42, E - I (13
folders)
Box 13: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-42, J - M (12
folders)
Box 14: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1941-42, N - R (9
folders)
Box 15: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1940 ("V"
only) [bulk 1941] - 43, 5-Z (13 folders)
Box 16: Legislative Matters, 1937-1939
1 Affidavits
Regarding Miami Beach Gambling, 1937
2 Gasoline Tax Allocation, 1937
3 Hialeah - Clippings, 1937
4 Hialeah - Testimony of W.L. Schuyler, Apri123, 1937, and Tom Williams, March 25, before Dade County Solicitor Robert Taylor
5 Hialeah
Charter - Correspondence, 1937
6 Hialeah Charter - Documents, ca. 1937
7 Milk Control Law, 1937
8 Plumbing Industry Act
9 State Employees Salaries
(Appropriations Committee) 1939
10
Unemployment Compensation Law,
1937-1939
11
Unemployment Compensation Law,
1938-1941
Box 17: Racing Committee Documents
1 Appointment of Joseph Stein
to Racing Commission - Correspondence, notes, May, 1939. Cf. also Correspondence, 1939.
2 Bills Relating to Racing and Gambling
[ca. 1939]
3 Committee to Investigate
Racing in the State of Florida. Committee Report and other documentation, i.e.,
records of testimony, outlines of proceedings, etc.
4 Exhibits Accompanying Racing Hearings,
1939
5 Florida Sate Racing Commissioners and State Employees at
Race Tracks (lists) 1936-1939
6 Memorandum of
Conversation with Mr. John Hurst by Senator Graham and John Stembler . . .
March 23, 1939. Annotated.
7 Miscellaneous
Committee Documents re: racing, gambling, etc. [ca. 1937-1939]
8 Racing data, 1937-1943
9 Resolution by the Mayor and City Council of Hialeah re:
Senator Graham, May 6, 1939.
10 Subpoenas issued by the Committee to
Investigate Racing in the State of Florida, April, 1939.
11 Track Payrolls, 1938-1939
12 Transcript of Testimony
before the Committee to Investigate Racing in the State of Florida, Apri124,
1939, 31511.
Box 18: Committee Documents (Continued) and Racing
Correspondence
1 Transcript of Testimony
before the Committee to Investigate Racing in the State of Florida, May 4,
1939
2 Correspondence,
1937-1938
3 Correspondence, Feb.
-March, 1939
4 Correspondence, April,
1939
5 Correspondence, May,
November, 1939
6 Correspondence, 1940
7 Correspondence, 1941
Box 19: Racing Clippings and State Racing Commission
Audits
1 Clippings,
1927-1931
2 Clippings, April 14-June 1, 1939
(press outside Miami)
3 Clippings, May, 1939 (Miami press)
4 Clippings,
June - December, 1939
5 Clippings, Jan.-March, 1940
6 State
Racing Commission Audits, 1934-1936
7 State
Racing Commission Audits, 1938-1939
Box 20: Legislative matters, 1941 Session (1939-1941), 28
folders
1 Aid
to Dependent Children, 1941
2 Architects' Bill, 1941
3 Barbers Bill, 1941
4 Beautician Laws, 1941
5 Beer and Wines, 1941
6 Dental Bill, 1941
7 Drainage Bill, 1941
8 Fishing Legislation, 1941
9 Goss Receipt Tax, 1941
10 Hotel Bills, 1941
11 Income Tax, 1941
12 Insurance Bill, 1941
13 Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1941
14 Laundry and Dry Cleaning Bill, 1941
15 Legislative Council of Various States,
1939-1941
16 Married Women's Bill, 1941
17 Miami Beach Fronton, 1941
18 Miami Beach Legislation, 1941
19 Milk Board, 1941
20 Old Age Assistance, 1940-1941
21 Open Shop Bill, 1941
22 Proposed Legislation, 1941
23 Soil Survey
Bill, 1941
24 State (District) Welfare Board,
Primarily "Old Age Assistance," 1940-March, 1941
25 State (District) Welfare
Board, Primarily "Old Age Assistance," April-Sept., 1941
26 State (District)
Welfare Board, Primarily "Old Age Assistance," Oct.-Dec., 1941
27 Urban Redevelopment
Corporations
28 W.P.A.
(Works Project Administration), 1941
Box 21: Legislative
matters, 1943 Session
1 Adoption
Act
2 Appropriations
Act
3 Bottled
Gas Bill
4 Change of
Time Bill
5 Cigarette
Tax
6 Circuit
Judge Appointment
7 Consolidation of Tax Collector and Tax
Assessor positions
8 County
Health Unit Bill
9 Dry
Cleaning and Laundry Board Bill
10 Everglades
Fire Control District
11 Everglades
National Park
12 Florida
Highway Patrol
13 Hialeah
Head Tax and local bills
14 Hollywood
Reclamation District
15 Hospital
Bill
16 Hotel Bill
17 Insurance Bill
18 Intangible
Tax Bill
19 Judge's
Salary Raise Bill
20 Labor Bill
(Anti-closed shop)
21 Labor
Union Bill
22 Law
Practice Bill
23 Lime Growers Bill
Box
22: Legislative matters, 1943
Session -1944
1 Married
Women's Bill
2 Merit
Rating System
3 Miami-local
bills
4 Miami
Beach-insurance regulation and other local bills
5 Miami
Port Authority Bill
6 Midget
Auto Racing Bill
7 Pharmacy Bill
8 Redistricting
Proposal
9 Social
Welfare
10 State
Board of Health
11 Superintendent
of Public Instruction
12 Tax
Collector
13 Uniform
System of Government
14 University
Bill
15 Utilities
Bill
16 Venetian
Causeway Tolls 17 Welfare
18 Worthless
Checks Bill
19 Schools -
Special Legislative Session, 1944
Part III: Campaign for
Governor, 1943-1944 (8 Boxes). Correspondence, 7 Boxes. Boxes
23-26 are County Files - (Campaign correspondence, arranged by county of the
correspondent.) Boxes 27-29 are filed by name, or first letter of name of
individuals.
Box 23:
Alachua - Duval County (18 folders)
Box 24:
Escambia - Lafayette (19 folders)
Box 25:
Lake - Osceola (16 folders)
Box 26: Palm Beach -
Washington (18 folders)
Box 27: Campaign
Correspondence (filed alphabetically A-W), 19 folders
Box 28: Correspondence - By
Name
1
Baxter, Maxwell
2
Brooker, William C.
3
Caldwell, Millard F.
4
Callahan, Frances, et al, re
Old Age Assistance
5
Cliett, William
6
Collins, Leroy
7
Continuing Education
Council of Florida
8
Copeland, D. Graham
9
Florida Chambers of
Commerce
10
Green, Richard
"Lex"
11
Harris, Phil
12
Hayes, Neil
13
Herr, Ben
14
Holland, Spessard L.
15
Lay, George T.
16
Leaird, Mrs. George
17
Lewis, Amos and Hayes
18
Marchant, Jep
19
Newman, Bob (Florida
Taxpayers Association)
20
Shands, William A.
21 Sheldon, Raymond
22 Smith,
Tom Q.
23
Toole, Jr., Warren
24
Upchurch, Frank
(primarily campaign material)
Box 29: Correspondence Continued
1 Waldo,
Seldon F
2 Welch,
Lew
3 Warren,
Miles
4 Warren,
Marvel O.
5 Watkins,
Roger
6 Wilson,
A. L.
7 Walker,
Walter G.
8 Williams.
Boyce A.
9 Miscellaneous
out of state correspondence
10 Samples of
form letters sent to various groups.
11 Lists of "Key Men" and other Groups targeted by letters
12 Sample letters to Campaign contributors and lists
13 Campaign "Thank You letters"
Box 30: Campaign Advertising and Other Campaign Material
1 Samples of print ads.
2 Correspondence and information relating to print advertising
3 Newspapers advertising rates and schedules
4 "Radio - Live Talk," transcripts of talks given by Graham supporters throughout Florida
5 "Platters," Transcripts of short radio talks by Graham on planks of his platform 6
“Radio -100 Word Spots"
7 Speeches, primarily radio, by Graham and others.
8 Radio station correspondence and schedules
9 Miscellaneous Campaign Documents - Drafts of statements by and about Graham, platform outline, statement by unidentified person about prisoners and labor shortage, etc.
10 Platform - Typed draft statements and published pamphlets
11 Jacksonville visit - Notes about people to meet and lists
12 Sample Ballot, Dade County Primary, May 2, 1944
13 Ernest
Graham Speaking Itinerary, Apri14 - May 2, 1944
Part IV: Later Career: Dade County Commission Race, Everglades Drainage,
and Graham's Dairy, 1912 [bulk 1945]-1957
Box 31: County Commission
Race,1948
1 Newspaper clippings, October, 1947- March,1948 (Dade County
political race)
2 Newspaper clippings - February-May 1948
3 Newspaper clippings, March-April 1948
4 Newspaper clippings, April- May,1948 (Dade County political race)
5 Newspaper clippings, Dade County Rackets, March-May, 1948
6 Radio Speeches, March-May, 1948.
7 Press releases and statements, comments by supporters, etc.
8 Supporters' correspondence, records, etc.
9 Tabulation of Votes by Precincts [1948]
Box 32: Everglades Drainage and
Other Water Issues, 1912 [bulk 1923]-1948
1 Report on the Drainage of the Everglades of Florida [by]
Daniel W. Mead, et al., Nov.
12, 1912. Typed ms. (copy) with annotations.
2 Telegrams and correspondence between Graham and F. C
Elliott, Chief Drainage Engineer of Florida, Jan. 16, 1922-July 16, 1923.
3 Map of Everglades Drainage District of Florida, August 1,
1924.
4 Correspondence,
Aug. 1924 -November, 1926
5 Bill . . . Relating to Everglades Drainage District . .
.[ca. 1925?]
6 Digest and Analysis of Senate Bills relating to the
Everglades Drainage District [ca. 1927?]
7 Everglades of Florida. Photos to Accompany Report of
December 19, 1927 by Dayton Morgan Engineering Company. 56+29 photographs, Feb.
1927 and October 20, 1928.
8 Total Collections by Everglades Drainage District, 1936/1937
9 Everglades Drainage, 1943 legislative session
10 Exchange with Miami Herald over water problems, 11 Oct. - 25 Oct, [Nov.?] 1945.
11 Remarks by Graham on "water situation," June 10, 1946.
12 Miami Canal Lock Hearing, July 11, 1946 -Transcript of testimony. "The Dade Drainage District and Related Water Problems," by Carl A. Bock, May 25, 1946, and Remarks by Graham, July 9`t'.
13 Everglades Drainage and Drainage District. Miscellaneous correspondence, documents, statements by Graham, proposed legislation, etc. including attempt to abolish district and litigation against it, 1946 - 1947.
14 Everglades Drainage and Drainage District - Miscellaneous correspondence and documents continued, 1948-1949.
15 Hydrologic documents, Dade County, 1948-1954.
16 Copeland, D. Graham, 1944-47, mostly regarding water.
Box 33: Graham's Dairy
1 Correspondence (Primarily relates to Graham Dairy, but includes some personal correspondence) 1944-48
2 Correspondence, primarily dairy,
1948-1950
3 Correspondence (dairy personnel) 1944-1950
4 Correspondence - Cody Publications, March 1945-Oct. 1946. Proposed Remarks at Arcadia, Oct. 25 [1945?] on beef production in Florida, and Speeches. -Short talks on Florida tourism, politics, 1946 -[ 1950?]
5 Correspondence with D. D. Laxson re: archaeological excavation of dairy property, 1954
6 Graham Dairy, 1940-[bulk 1957] 1957 - Primarily documents regarding value of farm in 1957.
7 Choate,
Emmett C. TLS (copy) to Philip Graham, Feb. 28, 1946, re: veteran housing.
8 Cross Florida Waterway - Documents and photographs re Stuart - Fort Myers Canal-report and photographs [ca.1938 - 1940]
9 Personal
Correspondence, 1944
10 Shands,
William A., 1946-48. Correspondence partially regarding Shands' race for
governor.
Part V: Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1908 [bulk 1923-]1948. One Box and four albums.
Box 34:
Photographs
1 "1st train in 10 days," Croswell, Michigan, Jan. 28, 1908.
2 Nine 4 x 5" photos of Graham and other men in various business establishments. Photos by Hicks: Mays store, New York restaurant, Oriental drug store, Lopez Grocery Store, Appels store, Julio Lopez store, Orto's Grocery Store, Watkins Law office, and photos of Graham, Watkins, and Evaristo Rodriguez. Watkins is in several of the photos.
3 Nine 8 x 10 photographs, taken at various times and places, including: Young man, probably Graham, in U.S. Army uniform, Corps of Engineers insignia. Formal photograph of Graham in middle age, by Sarli; Two photos in sugar cane field; Graham and another man, probably at farm house; Horses on ranch; Graham and Watkins in law office; Graham giving speech.
4 Ten 8 x 10, and one 4 x 5 photographs of rooms with rows of telephones. The location of some is identified, Sept.-Dec. 1936.
5 Photographs, 3 x 4 1/4", marked LR6-LR48, dated July 2-8, 1921, probably showing levee construction.
6 Three photographs, 3 1/2 x 6 inches, Apri1 20, 1923, of tractors pulling a steam shovel.
7 Seven photos, probably on Tamiami Trail, Oct. 10, 1924
8 Fifteen photos of flooding, Oct. 31, 1924, 3 1/2 x 6.
9 Photographs (33, 3 x 5) stamped Nov. 7, 1924, mounted on cloth showing high water at various points along the Tamiami Trail.
10 Nine 5 x 7 inch photos mounted on cloth showing high water at various points along the Tamiami Trail [Nov. 7, 1924?]
12 Eight
photos, canals and water [ca. 1924?]
13 Four
photos of dredge and levee construction, Dec. 11, 1924
14 Eight
3 1/2 x 5 inch photos of water on Brown Farm, Feb. 1, 1925.
15 Fifteen
photos of Brown's Grove, ca. Oct. 1926.
16 Four miles west of city limits, Tamiami
Trail (3 copies); SW 108 Avenue from Tamiami Trail; and flooded home at Miami
Springs, north or railway. Photos by Jack R. Rice, Oct. 1, 1947. 8 x 10".
17 Eight
scenes of flooding at M. J. Lawrence home, etc. Taken by Jack R. Rice, Oct. 17,
1947. 8 x 10".
18 Four
flooding scenes, 4 miles west of Miami on Tamiamia Trail and Lajune Road and
air field. By Jack R. Rice, Oct 18, 1947. 8 x 10.
19 Twenty
photos of Snake Creek Dam, 36th Street Dam, Biscayne Canal Dam, Little River
Canal, Tamiami Trail County Dam, and Snapper Creek Dam. By Jack R.Rice, Oct.
25, 1947, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 and 8 x 10.'
20 Thirty
photos of County Dam, Biscayne Canal, Dade Broward Levee, dike near Pennsuco, and
Miami Canal. By Jack R. Rice, Oct. 28, 1947. 8 x 10".
21 Twelve
photographs of Krome Avenue and Tamiami Trail; Bill Mac's Oasis, Tamiami Trail;
Ouster's Dairy,
Golden Glade Road, Miami Springs; Hales Dairy, Bixcayne Canal and Red Road; and
Dade-Broward Levee. Taken by Jack R. Rice, Oct. 29, 1947. 8 x 10".
22 Twenty-six flood photos, Nov. 1, 1947.
3 x 4 1/2. Some are smaller prints of above Rice photos.
23 Thirty-one
photographs (some duplicates) of water scenes in Dade County. Some are stamped
"Jack R. Rice," Oct. 1, 1948. 8 x 10".
24 Photo
of canal [ca. 1950?]
25 Sixteen
3 x 5" unidentified photos, possibly at Graham's Dairy [ca. 1950]
26 Three
3 x 4 1/2" unidentified photos, probably Graham's Dairy [ca.
1950?]
27 Six
5 x 7" aerial photos [Dade County, n.d.]
28 Nine
aerial photographs, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.
29 4 x 5
aerial photographs [Dade County, 19??] One identified as of property section,
14-52-40.5 5 x 7: aerial photographs [Dade County, n.d.]
Box 35:
Photographs continued
30 Seven
photos of machinery and fields (B22)
31 Twenty aerial photographs, "11 x 14" of various sites. Included are scenes of farmland, a farm, probably Graham's, an island probably between intercoastral waterway and ocean, and Miami Beach. Several are signed "Robert C. Graham" on verso.
32 Mounted photographs, primarily of sugar cane growing and dred