George Armistead Smathers was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and the United States Senate from 1951 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Smathers, c. 1964
Smathers with John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and other congressional freshmen in 1947
Smathers in 1963
Miami Senior High School, also known as Miami High School, is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is one of the oldest high schools in Miami-Dade County. The school building is famous for its architecture and is a historic landmark. Miami Senior High School has a rich alumni base, with many graduates of the high school going on to varied, prominent careers. The high school originally served the earliest settling families of Miami in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1960s, with an increase in Miami's population, its student body grew at a fast pace.
Miami Senior High School, July 2013
Miami High Media Center
U.S. Secretary of Education John King Jr. speaks at Miami High School, 2016
Veronica Lake, actress and model, 1930s