americanlegion

Betty's Restaurant (and Lobo Lounge)
1440 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida
Established 1931 • Phone 9-9426

Here's a postcard from about the same time that also shows the interior.

by Boston Public Library   The Tichnor Brothers Collection (postcard) c.1940

A couple of newspaper ads for Betty's in the 1950's:
            Betty's Restaurant • Christmas Dinner Ad  •  1952


    Ad for Betty's Lobo Lounge • Miami Daily News • Feb. 4, 1957


The American Legion held their 42nd National Convention in Miami Beach in October, 1960. Their official program had reviews of suggested restaurants and had this to say about Betty's:

"Betty's Restaurant, 1440 Biscayne Boulevard, is
famed for her well planned, medium-priced meals
and the Lobo Lounge is quite the gay spot at
night."

Then & Now 70+ years later:
Google Street View (January, 2017)

Nice!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_American_Legion_(1919) "American Legion was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), one of the planned World War I troop transports converted before construction into passenger and cargo vessels, the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ships. The ship was laid down as Koda and perhaps assigned the name Badger State at one point, but renamed American Legion before launch and one of only a few of the design not taking a state nickname. Originally operated by the USSB's agents and the Munson Steamship Line the ship saw commercial service until laid up 13 March 1939."

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867272

This is the model K-47A, rebuilt from the K-47 "American Legion" that crashed in testing before an attempt at the Orteig Prize.