Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Hunting & Fishing

This album contains historic images and documents on Collier County hunting & fishing.

87.13.11

Preston Sawyer, at far left, with unidentified couple at the City of Naples Municipal Dock, c1940-1950s.

87.13.24

"Bobbie" McCleod fishing off of Preston Sawyer's boat, c1940-50s.

87.13.59

Arthur G. Mitten of Boston, MA and Preston Sawyer, on right.  Mitten displays his 136 and 107-pound tarpons.  Photo featured in the Collier County News on May 6, 1955. 

87.13.49

Preston Sawyer and unidentified woman at City of Naples Municipal Dock, c1950s.

87.13.33

Preston Sawyer, at right, with unidentified boy fishing, c1950-1960s. 

80.98.29

Shrimp boat or trawler, the "Jolly Roger" out of Naples, leaving dock and moving off down river, c1950s.

91.30.41

George Cole, veteran guide and fishing skipper.

00.37

Wood plaque: "Sportsmanship Award for Bob Smallwood, Sr. of Chokoloskee - An Ardent Angler Making a Highly Creditable Catch During the Tournament".  Tournament was the Everglades True Temper Tarpon & Snook Tournament of 1961.

98.41.74

Donor provided caption "Tarpon at Naples Hotel.  Robert R. Fohl Sr. took this picture of John Hachmeister taking a picture of tarpon and L.P. Schutt, manager of Naples Hotel.  1926".

03.56

Real photo postcard.  Caption along bottom border reads "A Fighting Tarpon at Everglades National Park, Florida".

99.48.3

Morning's Catch of Tarpon, Everglades, FL, c1930.

81.16.47

Interior of a fish packing house in Everglades City, c1930-40.

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