Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Everglades City, FL

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

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A group of passengers, including eight Seminoles, boarding a Tamiami Trail Tours bus outside the Rod & Gun Club in Everglades City. The caption on the reverse reads "First bus at Everglades on way to Miami."

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The dredge "Barcarmil" under construction at Port DuPont. A detailed view of pumping equipment with a work crew supervisor on the left. Dated August 1926.

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Everglades City Boy Scout Troop assembled dockside along Barron river to greet a private ship. The troop was led by Rev. James Glenn.

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Side view of the Administration Building (right) on Broadway West in Everglades City looking south, with the Everglades Inn (center). The Administration Building was constructed in 1924 to monitor all work on the Tamiami Trail and Immokalee Road project. The Western Union telegraph office was also located there.

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The County Courthouse in Everglades City, looking east, with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station on the far right. Gardener, on right, watering new coconut palms and landscape plants.

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The view across the traffic circle in Everglades City, looking north east towards the County Courthouse (left), with freight train pulling into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station on the far right. Numerous young coconut palms and new landscaping are evident.

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Collier County Courthouse in Everglades City 1953.  Building is now City Hall. 

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Xerox copy of an original typed invoice to Mr. M.F. Tolbey (for Mrs. Emerson Davis) Naples, FL in account with Juliet C. Collier Hospital, Everglades, FL, dated Nov. 1, 1930.  Charges for hospital stay and medical-related services rendered from September 22-October 31, 1930.  Total amount due = $300.91.

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

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Everglades Club on Broadway West in Everglades City, constructed in 1924 as a community center. The building served as a movie theatre on Sunday nights, and held church services on Sundays'.

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Everglades City waterfront, looking east across Barron's River, with the Juliet C. Collier Hospital center and doctor's residence on far right. The five-bed hospital was established and named for Mrs. Barron Collier, Sr. Prow of fishing boat in foreground, on the opposite side of river.

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The water tank at Everglades City, capacity 75,000 gallons.

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The dredge "Barcarmil" under construction at Port DuPont. Beams and trusses are in foreground. Dated August 1926

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The dredge "Barcarmil" under construction at Port DuPont. Workers and engineers can be seen in the foreground. Dated August 1926.

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The drafting and payroll offices building in Everglades City.

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Shows the storm water level in the streets of Everglades City following the hurricane of September 18, 1926. The original caption reads "High Water, Everglades". 

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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 projects. The Western Union telegraph office was also located here. The post office building is visible on the left. The original caption reads "Administration Building, Everglades, from which work was directed."

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Interior of the Manhattan Mercantile Corporation Dry Goods Store, located on the west half of the ground floor of the Everglades Inn on Broadway West in Everglades City. Shows two sales clerks (both unidentified) among shelves and display cases with merchandise. Considered to be the finest department store south of Tampa.

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View of the Everglades in on Broadway West in Everglades City with two roadsters parked by the main entrance. Caption at the bottom reads "Everglades Inn, Everglades, Fla." Handwritten note on reverse reads " Everglades Inn on the Gulf at Everglades, Collier County-a popular fishing and hunting grounds."

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The Everglades Inn and Manhattan Mercantile Store (ground floor) in Everglades City, with a Collier Corporation signpost in the foreground. c1948

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