In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we take a look at Interama. The proposed trade and culture exchange predated EPCOT by more than a decade, except it never actually got built. Learn more about the saga that spanned six presidencies, from Truman to Ford.

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Proclamation of assistance and cooperation with the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center, January 30, 1952 | Harry S. Truman Library

Interama at the JFK Library

Interama at the LBJ Library

Telephone conversation # 2650, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 3/25/1964, 4:20PM · Discover Production

Interama | World’s Fair Photos

International Bazaar for the International Area of the Interama Project — Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture

“Before Disney Arrived: Florida’s Ill-Fated Attempt to Build INTERAMA” by Florida Historical Society