Collections

The 1947 Flood Collection contains 7 photographs of downtown Fort Lauderdale affected by floods caused by hurricanes.

The Anthony Kozla Collection contains 469 photographs Anthony Kozla took during his professional life and personal activities. These photographs include portraits of groups, individuals, and national and local celebrities. They are also a good source for documenting Fort Lauderdale's local life from the 1930s to the mid-1950s through events, pictures of local communities, and recreational activities. The Anthony Kozla Collection also helps understand the evolution of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County's urban development with 101 aerial views and photographs of buildings and streets.

The Betty Cobb Collection contains 11 photographs of the 1947 flood, the 1948 edition of Moninger's Guide to Fort Lauderdale, and menus for The Turf Cocktail Lounge.

The Clyde Brown Collection contains 55 photographs of Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale, and Hollywood, Florida from 1915 to the 1940s.

The Frank Conlon collection contains photographic reproductions of photographs and booklets documenting the 1926 Hurricane and the Hollywood Hotel.

The Giles Photograph Collection contains 6 photographic postcards. Five are panoramic postcards that depict the destruction of Miami in the wake of the 1926 hurricane. The sixth postcard is a picture of the Hollywood Marimba band circa 1925-1926.

The Graham Family Collection contains personal papers, photographs, and postcards belonging to the Graham family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs depict Arthur A. Graham's home, 1926 hurricane, buildings, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and South Florida beaches. Personal papers include methodist church pamphlets, Arthur A. Graham's obituary, and military records of Francis "Sam" Graham. The collection also contains Sam Graham's WWII Army helmet.

Two letters written in 1976 by Viola Hightower (daughter of E.J. "Ned" Willingham, developer of Wilton Manors, FL) concerning the 1926 hurricane, and enclosed photographs taken in 1926 of the hurricane damage. Viola was 15 and her family resided in Fort Lauderdale during the great hurricane. Photographs are of Hollywood, Dania, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami.

The Hugh W. Lester Sr. Collection contains 11 photographs dating from 1925 to 1927 of the Lester family, thier house, and the Obispo Apartment building that was located at 200 SE 16th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Three of the photographs show the aftermath of the 1926 hurricane. The collection also contains a 1955 article titled "The Great Florida Hurricane" written by Hugh C. Lester.