1950-1960 Elaine Brockhouse Florida Scrapbook, Fantastic Gardens, Orange Bowl

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1950-60
Elaine Brockhouse Miami Florida Scrapbook
. One of a series of scrapbooks kept by Elaine Brockhouse, 91-year-old niece of William D. Pawley, who initiated the formation of the famous American volunteer group of airmen known as the Flying Tigers who supported China in World War II from an aircraft manufacturing and supply base he organized in India. He was a confidant of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and U.S. ambassador to Peru and Brazil after World War II.
The scrapbook is 9 X 12 in. and very thick. Besides family photos, it includes first El Centro International Forum program featuring Bill Pawley, John Pennekamp, Sen. Holland, others; Beaux Arts Ball, 2 1958-59 Miami Jai Alai programs; 11 Coconut Grove Playhouse programs and ticket stubs; Tropical Coast Line bus brochure; Fantastic Gardens (once located on S. Ludlam Rd & SW 96th St.) plant list; Hialeah Racetrack menu + Widener Day brochure; Opera Guild masked ball program; Alianza Interamericana banquet program; Miami Seaquarium invitation to view new collecting boat; NY World's Fair USSR Exhibition brochure; Nassau and Bahamas visitor guides; 2nd annual Kiwanis Miami vs Florida freshmen football game in Orange Bowl program; Delta Air Lines invitation to pre-inaugural "courtesy flight" on new Douglas DC-8 jet; Parrot Jungle 36-page brochure + rack brochure; 2 ticket stubs for 1959 Auburn vs. University of Miami football game; 1960 Orange Bowl Classic program - Georgia vs. Missouri + 2 ticket stubs; Silver Sands Motel/Jamaica Inn restaurant brochure; more.
Nice condition. Ship weight 7 lbs. SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE LIKE THIS.