The World Famous Roney Plaza: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Part of the press kit put together by Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., this is a brochure for the Roney Plaza in Miami. The cover features a photograph of a fountain in front of the hotel at night.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1964
• Created by: The Roney Plaza Hotel, American, 1926 - 1968
• Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
• Subject of: The Roney Plaza Hotel, American, 1926 - 1968
• Type: brochures
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 4 in. (22.9 x 10.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Mass media
• Object number: 2011.56.3.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Dwaine Simpson 5th St. Gym Museum Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: ©1964 Schine Hotels Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.