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Note on back: A real live elephant holds the welcome sign for delegates to the 1968 National Convention of the Republican Party in Miami Beach. This will be the first national convention of any political party. They voted to come back to Miami Beach in 1972 before the Democratic Party also hold their national convention here.
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Gardner, Francis H. Elephant welcomes conventioners to Miami Beach. 1968. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/55163>, accessed 23 June 2026.
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Gardner, Francis H. Elephant welcomes conventioners to Miami Beach. 1968. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/55163>
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(State Archives of Florida/Gardner)
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