1950 aerial view of Naples.

1950 aerial view of Naples.

Naples Hotel, c1942.

Naples Hotel, c 1925. The caption reads " Naples Hotel, Peter P. Schutt, Manager, Naples Florida". Printed by The Charles H. Elliot, Co., North Philadelphia.

Naples Hotel, c1926.

Naples pier, c1918.

Old Naples Hotel on 2nd Street and 12th Avenue South in 1925. The hotel annex (far left) was added in 1916.

Naples' first post office, c1900.

Bird's eye view taken from Naples Hotel, April 1, 1912.

Palm Cottage, c1912.

Eight passengers aboard the Bon Temps.  Before Naples became accessible by road and railroad, visitors, supplies and mail reached town almost entirely by water.  During the tourist season, the Naples Hotel's boat, the Bon Temps, made daily trips to Ft. Myers.  The boat was skippered by Captain Charles W. Stewart until 1915. 

A peaceful afternoon, March 1909; location unknown.

Naples beach, March 1920.

Pictured from L to R: unidentified man, John Hachmeister; back L to R: Charles Price, Speed Menefee, George Hendrie, unidentified man at Hendrie's house. The caption reads " The Pines, Naples, Fla. Christmas Day 1919".

Leola Mc Kinney (right) and Nancy Smallwood (left) seated on wooden rail of Naples pier, c1930-40s.

Courtesy of Lucy House Storter.

Robert H. West from Cincinatti, Ohio and John Hachmeister in a fishing boat. The caption reads: " Landing, Hack's Grove, April 1919". Located at the back of Hachmeister's grove in future Port Royal.

John Hachmeister (left) standing with another man (unidentified) in the doorway of a boathouse or similar structure. Naples, April 1923.

Naples Hotel decorated with bunting, and a large crowd gathered in the foreground. Caption reads "Naples Hotel, Official opening Seaboard Railroad station. January 7, 1927. 580 guests- 4 Pullman trains."

Naples-on-the-Gulf, March 1920.

View of Old Naples hotel from 2nd Street South facing east, dated 1925.