Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Everglades City, FL

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

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The Everglades Inn on Broadway West in Everglades City, showing the hotel entrance on the left with a parked sedan, and the Manhattan Mercantile Company Dry Goods Store (right), located on the ground floor.

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

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The floating dredge "BARCARMIL" pumping fill from the Barron River to build up the townsite for Everglades City. Originally captioned "12-inch Suction Dredge 'Barcarmil' Reclaiming land at Everglades."

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Bank of Everglades on Broadway West in Everglades City, looking northeast. The bank opened on July 9, 1923 and was moved to this building, its third location in 1926. It was the only bank in Collier County until 1949. It was moved to Immokalee in 1962.

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The Bank of Everglades on Broadway West in Everglades looking north east. The bank opened on July 9, 1923 and was moved to this building, its third location, in 1926. It was the only bank in Collier County until 1949. Moved to Immokalee in 1962.

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Bank of Everglades, c1930 in Everglades City.

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Cancelled check issued by Everglades Railway Light and Power Company, Everglades.  Dated August 10, 1942.  Made payable to the Inter-County Telephone and Telegraph Company for use of two telephones, no. 2741 and 2881.  Check is for $9.52 drawn on Bank of Everglades and is signed by D. Graham Copeland. 

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Bi-fold brochure from Bank of Everglades, Everglades, Florida, 1954.  Bank opened for business on July 7, 1923. 

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Bi-fold brochure from Bank of Everglades, Everglades, Florida.  Statement at close of business December 31, 1954.  Lists resources, liabilities, officers and directors.  Bank opened for business July 7, 1923. 

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Waterfront and dock at Everglades City, looking west towards  the opposite bank of the Barron River, with people strolling through the park area and seated on benches. Small, open-sided gazebo on the right.  Location is probably the Rod and Gun Club, circa 1925.

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Storm damage done at the Manhattan Mercantile Corporation's warehouse at Port Dupont by a hurricane September 18, 1926. Work crew replacing corrugated metal roof sections. Dated October 30, 1926

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Reverend James Glenn with ten Boy Scouts from  his Everglades City Scout Troop, posing on steps of the Administration Building in Everglades City.

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Along Everglades City waterfront, looking east across Barron River from opposite bank, towards three cottages.

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The Manhattan Mercatile grocery store in Everglades City. The original caption on the reverse reads "1927-Began Market".

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Everglades City, c1925 with four completed structures, construction shed and building foundation in foreground.

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Garden or park with pathways in Everglades City, c1926.

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D. Graham Copeland seated with his dog in the backyard of his Everglades City home. The handwritten caption across the top of the photo reads "Newly planted rear garden- Everglades, Fla."

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Interior of the Everglades Inn dining room in Everglades City. Originally captioned" Everglades Inn Dining Room".

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Interior of the Everglades Inn dining room on Broadway West in Everglades City. Shows tables set for guests, electric fans and Flit gun beneath serving table on right to control mosquitoes.

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Rod & Gun Club dining room in Everglades City, c1950.  Hotel manager Claus "Snooky" Senghaas on extreme right.

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