Drawing of the Rod and Gun Club in Everglades City. The caption on the front reads "ROD AND GUN CLUB, EVERGLADES, FLA. ROYAL PALMS IN FOREGROUND. 119833". Postmarked February 27, 1929. A personal note is written on the reverse from Bruce to Miss Florence Smith, later Florence Thomason, Barron Collier's secretary.

Rod & Gun Club, c1945.

Mamie and General Dwight D. Eisenhower with the maitre d' hotel Claus "Snooky" Senghaas at the Rod &Gun Club in Everglades City, 1952.

Part of promotional advertising issued c1930 for the Rod & Gun Club and Everglades Inn. Reads " THE ROD and GUN CLUB (Open Jan. 15-April 1) and THE EVERGLADES INN (Open Year Round) Offer Sportsmen Comfortable Accomodations and Excellent Cuisine at very Moderate Rates, Come Try Your Skills in the Ten Thousand Islands at EVERGLADES, 80 Miles West of Miami, on the Tamiami Trail, Phone, Telegraph or Write for Rates and Full Information----CLAUS SENGHAAS, Manager EVERGLADES, FLORIDA". Photograph has been removed and is missing.

Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower at the Rod & Gun Club, 1951.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower standing with hotel manager Claus "Snooky" Senghaas among a group of people outside the Rod & Gun Club in Everglades City.  Mrs. Eisenhower on left, back to camera, looking at the day's catch on a fish board in January 1947. 

Workmen driving piles for foundation of the Everglades High School.  The building replaced the former wood frame schoolhouse near the river.

Aerial view of Everglades City showing Broadway and the downtown area. Taken April 26, 1928 during the opening ceremonies of the Tamiami Trail. Photographed just west of the Barron River.

Aerial view of Everglades City on opening day of the Tamiami Trail, April 26, 1928.

The view along Broadway West in Everglades City. The post office is on the right with an observation platform and flag pole.

Everglades City celebrating the opening of the Tamiami Trail, April 26, 1928.

Aerial view of parade in Everglades City on opening day of the Tamiami Trail - April 26, 1928. Group of the original Trail Blazers marching at head of procession on foot and on horseback.  Everglades Inn shown on left; decorated with bunting.  Post Office in upper right, with observation platform and flag pole.

Handwritten notation on the back in blue ink pen reads " Gwen Bowers (Everglades City), Charles George Baker, Lived here (USA) 50 years. Never a citizen. Mining engineer-went to school "Westward Ho" with Rudyard Kipling in G.B."

Everglades City traffic circle, April 26, 1928.

Everglades street car in service, c1928.  The town had the distinction of operating the only street car on the west coast of Florida south of Tampa.  The battery powered car ran between Everglades and Port DuPont, Everglades City. 

The battery-powered Everglades City electric streetcar parked on the tracks and apparently retired from service. Fire damaged the trolley on June 27, 1928 and the hurricane of 1929 did considerable damage to its tracks, ending its service. Operated by the Everglades Railway Light and Power Company until 1929. The original caption reads "Old Everglades Streetcar At Rest."

The battery-powered Everglades City electric streetcar parked in front of the post office building on Broadway West. It was operated by the Everglades Railway Light and Power Company until 1929. The orignial caption reads "Old Everglades Streetcar".

Trolley car moving through flooded street in Everglades City.  Water tower in background on right.  Caption reads "Street car, Everglades, Florida.  After 1926 storm or 1928 storm."

Real photo postcard of the Community Center on Broadway West in Everglades City, built in 1924, where motion pictures were shown, and dances were held for the Tamiami Trail workers. The inscription on the back reads "Community House. Pictures 3 times a week-church-dances-etc."

Group of students and their teacher gathered in front of the frame schoolhouse in Everglades, c1923.