Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Naples, FL

This album contains historic images and documents from Naples, FL; and subalbum: 1920's Immokalee Road Project.

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Walter Stewart, Robert R. Fohl, Jr. and Stanley Frederick, April 14, 1931, posed in front of a plane that landed near the Naples pier.

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Walter Stewart, son of Captain Charles Stewart, on old baseball diamond at northwest corner of old golf course, April 16, 1931.

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Donor provided caption "My special friend.  Naples High School graduating class 1931-2.  Picture taken May 26, 1932.  Robert Russell Fohl, Jr. with Walter Stewart, son of Captain and Mrs. Stewart, brother of J. Arthur Stewart.  Walter was born February 6, 1913 died at 21 years on July 14, 1934.  Picture taken in our (Fohl) front yard next to golf pro shop." 

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Albert Surrency and Roy Brack, April 1928.

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Donor provided caption "Leila Bryan, teacher (and a very good one!) with Naples High School class 1931-1932 (rear steps of old school)". 

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L to R: Walter Stewart, Robert R. Fohl Jr., Francis Tuttle, Albert Surrency, Curtis Bostwick.  Naples eighth grade graduating class.  May 4, 1928.

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Donor provided caption "Naples High School 1926 - 1926.  Rear: Arthur Stewart, Martin Peers, Preston Tuttle, school principal Mrs. Kerlin and Curtis House.  Front: Minnie Weeks, Myrtle Demerly, Mabel Bostick and Ruth Williams".

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Donor provided caption "Walter Stewart and Francis Tuttle clowning in front of school May 4, 1928".

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Catherine Stevens, Robert R. Fohl Jr. and Evelyn Brack, April 1931. 

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Donor provided caption "Trees down on old nine hole golf course near clubhouse and 3rd hole tee.  L to R: Jane, Ruth, Robert, Jr. and Robert R. Fohl, Sr."  Fohl family seated on large pine tree blown down during hurricane.  Postmaster Capt. Stewart received telegrams from the weather service almost daily when a hurricane was in the making."  September 1926.

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Donor provided caption "Snyder and his dog Andy.  Snyder lived in a 'shack' on the new golf course and ran this caterpillar tractor for all the work.  The Bermuda grass in the fairways came from nearby orange groves.  I carried Bermuda grass in a burlap bag on my shoulders and dropped it into a furrow behind a mule and plow as did other fellow high school students - working in summer. R.R. Fohl Jr".

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Old Nine Hole Golf Course, c1925-30.  Clubhouse on the right.  Groundskeeper Robert R. Fohl Sr.'s house on left.  Photo taken near first green and second tee.

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Road along Gulf of Mexico to Gordon's Pass, 1927-8.

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Donor provided caption "Mrs. Day and Ruth K. Fohl at Mrs. Day's hotel on 5th Avenue South (Mrs. Day's daughter, Elva, was married to W. Robert Wilson "Pumb Bob") 1948".

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Donor provided caption "Bernard A. Fohl, father of Robert R. Fohl, Sr., as well as John A. Fohl who had a hardware store in Ft. Myers, Fla.  Shown with bananas from banana patch in backyard of Fohl house."

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Naples schoolhouse, 1926.

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Naples Golf and Beach Club, 1931. 

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Donor provided caption "December 28, 1948 on visit to the old Fohl house at old closed nine hole golf course area.  Shown is Barbara Louise Fohl, daughter of Robert Jr.  My father Robert R. Fohl Sr. planted the Australian pines on left of house as hurricane wind break in 1926."

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Naples pier, c1927-8.

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Donor provided caption "Robert R. Fohl Jr. at old baseball diamond north of 1st green on the Old Nine Hole Golf Course."

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