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The Arthur Letson Collection contains sixty photographs and one newspaper clipping collected by the Letson family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs include individual and group portraits from the Letson, Quick, Mahan, and Moore families, friends and associates of Fred Moore, Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse, and geographic areas such as the Altanitc Coastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, and Dania Beach.

The Oleta (Williams) Dunworth Collection documents the produce shipping industry in Fort Lauderdale during the 1910s and 1920s, as well as various places in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. The collection contains the donor's detailed descriptions of some of the materials, which include her memories and stories told by her father of the produce industry during the 1910s through the 1930s. The collection also contains images and ephemera related to the Gilbert Hotel, where produce buyers often stayed.