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"Islander of Fort Myers, Fla."
Title
"Islander of Fort Myers, Fla.".
Abstract / Description
View of a Kinzie Brother on the ferry "Islander of Fort Myers Fla."
Identifier
SW00002139, 50417, fgcu:22064
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Islander" at Punta Rassa Dock
Title
"Islander" at Punta Rassa Dock.
Abstract / Description
The ferry "Islander" at Punta Rassa dock about 1952.
Date Issued
1952
Identifier
SW00001631, 48284, fgcu:21749
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Sanibel ISL. Light" on Tobacco Card
Title
"Sanibel ISL. Light" on Tobacco Card.
Abstract / Description
The Sanibel lighthouse and keepers' quarters as represented on a tobacco card, part of a series of fifty cards representing lighthouses. Front of card with drawing.
Date Issued
1910
Identifier
SW00001811, 50564, fgcu:21908
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Sanibel, 1957"
Title
"Sanibel, 1957".
Abstract / Description
"Sanibel, 1957" scratched into the sand.
Identifier
SW00002191, 48686, fgcu:22111
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Yankee Clipper" Deck Space
Title
"Yankee Clipper" Deck Space.
Abstract / Description
Deck space for the ferry "Yankee Clipper"
Date Issued
1957
Identifier
SW00001595, 48389, fgcu:21714
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1930 studio portrait of Ruth Rutland
Title
1930 studio portrait of Ruth Rutland.
Abstract / Description
A studio portrait of Ruth Rutland taken in 1930 by the Home Portrait Studios in Jacksonville, Fla.
Date Issued
1930
Identifier
SW00001755, 48476, fgcu:21852
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1950's View of the Road to Captiva
Title
1950's View of the Road to Captiva.
Abstract / Description
The road to Captiva was threatened by erosion as it ran at water's edge along the Gulf of Mexico. Erosional forces increased in the 1920s and in the late 1980s, beach renourishment was initiated to slow the problem. Many other potential remedies were tried, such as the "dog-leg" groins running perpendicular to the shore in this photo.
Date Issued
1963
Identifier
SW00001605, 47499, fgcu:21724
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1955 Sanibel Shell Fair
Title
1955 Sanibel Shell Fair.
Abstract / Description
Part of a scallop and Lion's paw display at the 1955 Sanibel Shell Fair.
Date Issued
1955
Identifier
SW00001335, 45689, fgcu:21464
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
A Couple with Sheepshead Caught in Tarpon Bay
Title
A Couple with Sheepshead Caught in Tarpon Bay.
Creator
Tayntor family
Abstract / Description
A couple from Casa Ybel with a sheepshead caught in Tarpon Bay on Sanibel. The "Cut" in the mangrove wall forming Tarpon Bay is visible over the man's left shoulder.
Date Issued
1908
Identifier
SW00001918, AAB4652^^QF^, 49775, fgcu:22012
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
A Mule and Wagon
Title
A Mule and Wagon.
Creator
Sears family
Abstract / Description
A mule and wagon was the common method of transportation on Sanibel at the turn of the century, from the steamer docks on the north bayside of the island to the hotels, most on the Gulf beaches. The photo is possibly taken at the Matthews Hotel, later called the Island Inn.
Identifier
SW00001825, 50072, fgcu:21922
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
A View of the Top Deck of The Algiers
Title
A View of the Top Deck of The Algiers.
Abstract / Description
By 1982, the City of Sanibel took over the twenty-five acres of property surrounding the Algiers. They decided the boat had deteriorated and dismantled it after holding an auction of many of its parts. The site of the Algiers is now Gulfside Park.This view shows the shuttered pilothouse and the base of the feathered stacks.
Date Issued
1982
Identifier
SW00001393, 47795, fgcu:21518
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
A View of the Water From The Window of A Cottage
Title
A View of the Water From The Window of A Cottage.
Abstract / Description
New modern cottages were being built on Sanibel after the advent of the Sanibel Causeway in 1963.
Date Issued
1960
Identifier
SW00001576, 48590, fgcu:21696
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Admiral Konrad and Clarence Rutland at Island Bouganvillea
Title
Admiral Konrad and Clarence Rutland at Island Bouganvillea.
Abstract / Description
Admiral Konrad and Clarence Rutland in front of Island Bouganvillea.
Identifier
SW00001750, 48094, fgcu:21847
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex
Title
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex.
Creator
United States Coast Guard
Abstract / Description
A view from the Gulf of Mexico looking northwest over the lighthouse compound.
Identifier
SW00001800, 49991, fgcu:21897
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex
Title
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex.
Creator
United States Coast Guard
Abstract / Description
The Sanibel lighthouse complex at the eastern end of the island, looking north into San Carlos Bay. Twin water tanks are visible between the buildings. A cistern which collected rainwater from the roof can be seen beside the western quarters. A maintenance shed is beyond the western quarters, and the path to the boathouse/fishing pier is clearly visible. The submarine observation tower, used during World War II to search for enemy submarines, stands in the tidal zone on the island's Point...
Show moreThe Sanibel lighthouse complex at the eastern end of the island, looking north into San Carlos Bay. Twin water tanks are visible between the buildings. A cistern which collected rainwater from the roof can be seen beside the western quarters. A maintenance shed is beyond the western quarters, and the path to the boathouse/fishing pier is clearly visible. The submarine observation tower, used during World War II to search for enemy submarines, stands in the tidal zone on the island's Point Ybel, as erosion accelerated in the area during this period.
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Identifier
SW00001785, 49733, fgcu:21882
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex
Title
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex.
Creator
United States Coast Guard
Abstract / Description
The Sanibel lighthouse complex at the eastern end of the island, looking north into San Carlos Bay. The keeper and assistant keeper and their families lived in the two mirror-image quarters. A cistern which collected rainwater from the roof can be seen beside the western quarters.
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
SW00001784, 50606, fgcu:21881
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex
Title
Aerial View of the The Sanibel Lighthouse Complex.
Creator
United States Coast Guard
Abstract / Description
The Sanibel lighthouse complex at the eastern end of the island, looking north into San Carlos Bay.
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
SW00001786, 50120, fgcu:21883
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Algiers Before it Was Dismantled
Title
Algiers Before it Was Dismantled.
Abstract / Description
The site of the Algiers is now Gulfside Park.
Date Issued
1982
Identifier
SW00001403, 47610, fgcu:21528
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
Alice Tayntor, Mrs. Blaisdell, Marie Shulye, and Mary Tayntor.
Title
Alice Tayntor, Mrs. Blaisdell, Marie Shulye, and Mary Tayntor.
Abstract / Description
A group of women show off their fashionable attire at the Sisters Hotel. From left to right: Alice Tayntor, Mrs. Blaisdell, Marie Shulye, Mary Tayntor.
Date Issued
1908
Identifier
SW00001900, 49907, fgcu:21994
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
An Auto ferry Of The Kinzie Line
Title
An Auto ferry Of The Kinzie Line.
Abstract / Description
One of the four auto ferries of the Kinzie Line in the 1950s moves toward the Sanibel docks on its run across San Carlos Bay from Punta Rassa to Sanibel Island.
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
SW00001619, 47427, fgcu:21738
Format
Image (JPEG2000)

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