Before Tin City & The Capt Elwood Starn

Naples Bay off the west Gordon River Bridge.

NO! Not More Pre High Falutin' Royal Harbor!

Note to H.Daniels you were wrong, Brookside candyasses would never go into Boat Haven's yard while police were there. We were too busy drinking the free beer we got off the boats the night before. :):):)
Photo taken January 22nd 1963

North Gulfshore Blvd @ Doctor's Pass

For the unknowing that's Harbor Drive Bridge in the photo.
Photo taken September 17th 1968
Courtesy the Les Whitaker Jr. Family

Doctor's Pass Area

Just an incredible shot of the pass taken overlooking North 41 around the Red Lobster, Harold's Place section of the Trail. Bow Line Drive is the last developed street in the photo.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE Neapolitans!

Royal Harbor Before High Falutin' Set In

By far my favorite comment to date! BH

The Bridge On Galleon Drive & Lantern Lake

Also a good shot of Hurricane Park the large empty lot on the west side of Gordon Drive. A good place to ride dirt bikes or anything else that might come to mind.

United Telephone Company

This is the one I'm most familiar with it had a good shade break (concrete bench & table) to sit under on the way to the Beach Store. It started out with out of state phone books & a concrete table but over time they both disappeared. A good place to spend Sunday being the whole town shut down & it was on the loop Chris Gourmet Castle & a spin around the pier. It had everything a mooching teenager could ask for even a stop light so your victims couldn't escape you bumming a ride at the stop light. I think the Beach Store would open around 11 or 12 in the morning on Sundays?

Inter County Telephone & Telegraph On 5th Ave South

Let Me Up! I've Had Enough 3rd Street!

NO WAY! Not Another 3rd Street Picture!

3rd Street One More Time!

Yep, it's a different picture!

3rd Street South @ 13th Avenue South

Fun stuff going on in this photo EVEN Cook's Laundromat!

Gerry Johnson AKA Scorpio By The Pier

Gerry Johnson

Naples, FL

Gerry Johnson, 65, a long­time Naples resident and Na­ples Daily News institution, died November 29, 2009, at his home in Old Naples.

Friends and family will re­member the 27 year newspa­per librarian as a man who knew something about everything - and if he didn’t, he knew where to go to find it out.

Gerry was born November 8, 1944 in Middlesboro, KY. He grew up in New Jersey and came to Naples with his family as a teen-ager. He spent many days fish­ing at the Naples Pier. He graduated from Naples High School in 1963.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Florida, spending his junior year studying at the University of Hawaii.

Gerry was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Bamburg, Germany. To his dismay, he worked as a cook despite the Army having trained him to drive heavy equipment.

During his time on leave, Gerry traveled across Eu­rope and to South America and Mexico. After his stint in the Army, he attended Florida State University and earned Master’s degrees in urban/regional planning and in library sciences.

He worked for a time in the 1970s at the University of South Florida marine research laboratory in St. Petersburg. Upon returning to Naples, he worked briefly for the City of Naples before becoming the Naples Daily News librarian in 1980.

In that role, he catalogued thousands of newspaper clippings and historical photographs that became an invaluable resource not only for reporters and edi­tors but community history lovers and authors.

Gerry also wrote a popular Naples Daily News column about astronomy, one of his many interests, along with history, music and film noir.

He retired from the Naples Daily News in 2007, but his archival impulse did not let up. He kept two iPods and computers loaded with old country and blues music and stored personal interviews with Naples historical fig­ures on audiotape.

Gerry was preceded in death by his mother, Fran­ces Johnson; and father, Bertram Johnson.

He is survived by his brothers, Barry of Naples, and Richard of Tallahas­see.

A celebration of Gerry’s life will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Decem­ber 5th at Naples Funeral Home, 3107 Davis Blvd., Naples.

In lieu of flowers, dona­tions in Gerry’s memory may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Please sign guestbook naplesnews.com/obits