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Captain Lindsey (L) and Jack Dempsey (R) in February of 1925 on the beach side of the Dempsey-Vanderbilt hotel.

The Miami Beach Historical Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Florida for the purpose of promoting and stimulating public interest and appreciation for the area’s history, preservation of historical records, encouragement of scholarly research, and publishing about Miami Beach.