Key Biscayne Elementary School, c.1960
October 9th, 2012
Not much to say about this one. The school has had some additions in the past ten years, but this entrance remains largely unchanged.
You can almost smell the cafeteria just from looking at the photo.
Kid Enjoying Flooding, c.1960s
October 3rd, 2012
Another Key Biscayne flooding photo for you today. For this one we have no context. I can tell you it’s probably from the 60s, as that’s a 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon in the back. This might be from the same day as yesterday’s photo, it might not.
Do you have any context for this photo? Do you know who the kid is? Do you know what streets these are? Drop us a line at info@kbhistory.org or post on our facebook page.
Update 10/09/12
Mark writes,
“It may be Andy Horton (his mother was the piano teacher). Based on the car, it is maybe 1958- 59. This is after a big rain before the drains were in. He is floating on McIntyre just north of Ridgewood in front of the school. The house on the left is the corner Ridgewood and McIntyre. The partial house on the upper right was the Pate’s.”
Mail Delivery During a Flood, c.1965
October 2nd, 2012
Anyone around before 1996 probably went through a serious flood; they were all too common in those days. In 1996 the new storm sewer project was completed and made a serious improvement to flooding situation. Nowadays flooding rarely lasts more than a couple of hours, much less than the days it could take to subside in the past.
In this photo you see a couple of kids coming out to reach the mailman, on the corner of Ridgewood Rd and W. Enid Dr. looking east. The school property is on the left. The Studebaker Zip Van mail truck was released in 1964, giving us an approximate date for the photo.
This is what the same intersection looks like today:
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