have their pictures taken and send them all over the goddamn country!" The controversial photographs, depicting more bared flesh than was considered appropriate at the time, had exactly the desired effect. Property values in Miami Beach soared. Rosie remained a fixture at press events for Fisher's resort hotels, giving rides to children while another of Fisher's elephants named Baby Carl helped to scoop sand during the construction of the Nautilus hotel in 1924. She was well-known and widely loved, and apparently survived as late as at least 1938, where she appeared at a party in support of the Miami Beach Committee of One Hundred on Boca Chita Key. See also List of individual elephants References External links Claude C. Matlack photograph of Rosie Photographs of Rosie at Miami Beach 411 Photo gallery that includes a publicity photo of "the Mother of Miami Beach", Rosie Weiss, riding Rosie the Elephant Photographs from Miami Beach document archival system: Rosie performing at a Boy Scout Benefit Circus in 1929 Public relations Miami Beach, Florida Individual elephants History of Miami Beach, Florida Individual animals in the United States Elephants in the United States