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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPortrait of Carl Graham Fisher - Miami Beach, Florida.
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Carl Graham Fisher, born in 1874, came to Miami in 1910 from Indianapolis where he had built the Indianapolis Speedway. He financed completion of the Collins Bridge in 1913, dredged Biscayne Bay to create its vast residential islands, built several luxury hotels, promoted the image of South Florida in nationwide publicity, and attracted the wealthy and celebrated. Carl Graham Fisher died in 1939.
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