Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Everglades City, FL

This album contains historic images and documents from Everglades City, FL.

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Deaconess Harriet Bedell in the garden of Glade Cross Mission in Everglades City. The handwritten caption on the negative reads " The Deaconess in garden at mission".

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Broadway West in Everglades City, looking due west towards Barron River, with the electric streetcar parked on the far left, post office (center), and Bank of Everglades (right) on the site where it originally opened in 1923. There is a small child on the far right, blurred and running into the picture.

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The drafting payroll office in Everglades City.

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A costumed Caribbean dancer performing in an outside park in Everglades City.

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A group of four costumed Caribbean dancers performing at the park in Everglades City.

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South Riverside Drive in Everglades City with the post office building (right) in the distance, and Barron River, sea wall, and path on left. c1926

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The Everglades Inn (right) on Broadway West in Everglades City. Parked cars and the Everglades Club community center on the far left.

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The Post Office building at the end of Broadway West in Everglades City with a group of people casually gathered on the front steps, reading mail and posting letters. The scene is prior to President Truman's arrival to dedicate Everglades National Park on December 6, 1947. The typed caption on the reverse reads " This little post office will be swamped with "dedication day" mail. More than 100 professional stamp brokers alone will be on hand to get the Everglades City postmark on special commemoratory literature on the day of the Everglades Park dedication. A special stamp will be issued to commemorate the occasion."

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A waterfront view along the Barron River in Everglades City with the Rod & Gun Club (right), screened gazebo and dock (center), and boat- the "RUSILLA-FORT MYERS"- unloading freight (left). The caption at the bottom reads " Rod and Gun Club, Everglades, Fla."

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A large crowd gathered in the grandstands for the dedication ceremony of Everglades National Park by President Truman in Everglades City on December 6, 1947. Newsreels, reporters, photographers and U.S. Navy officials are in the foreground.

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Side view of the Administration Building (left) on Broadway West in Everglades City looking north. Constructed in 1924 to monitor all work on the Tamiami Trail and Immokalee Road project. Western Union telegraph office also located here.

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The Administration Building on Broadway West in Everglades City, constructed in 1924 to monitor all work on the Tamiami Trail and Immokalee Road project. Dated 1924

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Storm damage done to the Manhattan Mercantile Corporation's warehouse at Port DuPont by the hurricane of September 18, 1926. Unidentified man walking along blown out wall section. Dated October 30, 1926.

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Tour boat guide "Uncle" Charley Boggess passing by his home on the north shore of the Barron River across from Everglades City, in the launch that he operated for Everglades National Park. Typed caption reads "Uncle Charlie Boggess who took the first tours through the Park." Dated January 23, 1956. Collier Development Corporation black ink stamp on reverse.

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Everglades City along the waterfront, looking down river, with the Barron River on the right, a sign for Juliet C. Collier Hospital (center), and water tank on the left. A pathway and grove of royal palms are in the foreground.

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Early street scene in Everglades City with buildings under construction, power poles, and  the two-story Everglades Inn on the far right, c1926.

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The Administration Building on Broadway West in Everglades City, constructed in 1924 to monitor all work on the Tamiami Trail and Immokalee Road project. The Western Union telegraph office was also located there. The Post Office building is just visible on the left.

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View along Broadway West in Everglades City, looking due west towards Barron River, showing Everglades Inn on the left, and the Post Office building on the right.

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Two wooden frame outbuildings along the Barron River in Everglades City, as viewed from across the water. Originally typed caption reads "Hiram Stephens House On Site of Present Kingston Cottage Across from Rod & Gun Club (Now Charlie Boggess)."

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Storm damage done to the Manhattan Mercantile Corporation's warehouse at Port DuPont by the hurricane of September 18, 1926. Warehouse manager, F.I. Holmes, standing in front of blown out wall section with rolled plans in hand. Dated October 30, 1926.

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