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Metadata
Title |
1946 article about Bal Harbour subdivision in Florida |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Catalog Number |
2021.FIC.6011.0004 |
People |
Graham, Robert C., Sr. |
Date |
1946 |
Creator |
James Bourgholtzer |
Scope & Content |
A copy of a February 1946 newspaper article about the Bal Harbour subdivision at Miami Beach, Florida that was developed by Miami Beach Heights Corp. Robert C. Graham, Sr. of Washington, Indiana was president of the Corp. The Graham family owned half of the Corp. The Bal Harbour subdivision was on 245 acres with 4,500 feet of ocean frontage. It is 12 miles from downtown Miami. The subdivision includes a 15 story hotel and a shopping district. The Graham brothers, Robert, Joseph and Ray, from Washington, Indiana were involved with several different business ventures. In 1913 the Grahams built a bottle producing plant in Evansville, Indiana. They sold the bottle business in 1916 Owens Bottle Co. In 1919 they formed the Graham Brothers Truck Co. and had a 500,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Evansville where they built a full line of trucks and buses. In 1924 Dodge Brothers Co. bought control of Graham Brothers Truck Co. and moved the truck production to Detroit. In 1927 the Graham brothers bought the Paige-Detroit Motor Co., renamed it Graham-Paige, and began making Graham automobiles in Detroit. The Grahams built a plant in Evansville to make the bodies for the Graham automobiles. Production stopped with the coming of World War II and never resumed. Graham-Paige Co. was sold to Joseph W. Frazer and Henry J. Kaiser in 1947. |
Search Terms |
Graham Family |