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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A 1935 Ford automobile (center) and a model A Ford stopped at the intersection of 5th Avenue South and 3rd Street in downtown Naples, near the Beachcomber motel. They appear to have just been involved in an accident. Several onlookers stand on the roadside. Dated March 31, 1940, 3:15 pm.

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Notation on back identified subjects as "Perry and Grace Merrell, property across from old Naples Hotel".

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Notation on reverse identifies the subject as Senator John Stuart Holloway Williams of Winchester, KY, the grandson of General John S. Williams, co-founder of Naples. Possibly photographed in Naples c1934.

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A view of the Naples City Dock, looking west on 12th Avenue South, c1940s.

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A group of people in bathing costumes on Naples beach, c1910. Identified are: William Birch Haldeman (2nd from left, son of Walter N. Haldeman), Lieutenant J. Frazier Bonnie (5th from left, husband of Clara Bruce Haldeman, the daughter of William Birch Haldeman), and Mrs. Bruce Haldeman (2nd from right). Children are unidentified.

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A group of passengers on Naples pier (or Marco dock), c1910. Captain Charles W. Stewart's boat, Bon Temps, docked at the end of the pier.

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Speed S. Menefee, seated on a wooden slat porch (possibly the Naples post office), reading his mail following his election as Naples' first mayor in April 1925.

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Naples' first mayor, Speed Menefee, giving a haircut on Naples beach, c1915.

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Speed Menefee with his back to the camera, as he gives a haircut to a seated gentleman (unidentified) on Naples beach, c1915.

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L to R: Speed Menefee in US Army uniform, Mrs. J. Frazier Bonnie, Ann Haldeman (daughter of William Birch Haldeman), and Lieutenant J. Frazier Bonnie in US Army uniform, c1918.

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The back of the old Naples Hotel, c1926, as seen from the road leading to the kitchen. The notation on the reverse reads "From the kitchen approach. Note hedges, all green grass and flowers on plots." c1926.

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Mrs. Edward W. Crayton (center) with L to R: Anne Harrison Holloway, Belle Selby Holloway (daughters of Senator John S. Holloway, General Williams' grandson), Mary Hire Kenner Sloan, Margaret Kenner Jackson, and Edith Miller Melbey (?). The photograph was taken on the porch of the old Naples Hotel, c1922.

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Aerial view of Naples, dated 1959. Shows Airport-Pulling Road running north-south. Naples Airport can be seen in the bottom left corner.

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Aerial view of construction of Airport-Pulling Road in north Naples, 1959.

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Aerial view of Naples, dated 1959. Shows Airport-Pulling Road in north Naples, running east-west, horizontally across the center of the picture, and vegetable crops to the south of the highway. Picture taken by Coleman Photos, Miami.

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Omah Clarke's Liquor Store, c1955. Located on US 41, north of Four Corners in downtown Naples. Originally a filling station and restaurant, one of the first in town. Notation on the back reads " A landmark in the old days". Sold by Clarke in 1957.

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A woman and man (unidentified) seated at the bar in the "41 Club" which was located at the Four Corners in Naples, c1957. The notation on the back reads "Murals by B.H., 41 Club, and old landmark."

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Front of the Old Naples Hotel. Caption reads "The Hotel at Naples, Fla., January 1906".

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Naples beach, c1950.

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Naples pier, c1920.  Caption reads "Southwest storm blowing up".

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