Sunday, May 31, 2009

Souvenir Of Hurricane Donna Part One

Just in time for hurricane season...

This is the 1st of 7 parts
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Beach Store And Naples Theatre


What can I say, this place along with it's owners (Margaret & Arnold Haines) defined what was GREAT about early Naples. It was the hub of activity in the late 60's mostly because that's all there was to do. The theatre had an auto dispensing soda machine & the cup would drop down but NEVER upright. You'd usually get a half cup of syrup & some ice & a hand full of soda trying to stand the cup upright. I guess that's what the Crying Room was for you were always 10 cents poorer & still thirsty.

1963 Phone Number
Naples Theatre
1157 3rd Street South
MIdway 2-2856

1946 Phone Number #69 2-Digit Only

Friday, May 29, 2009

City Hall 1968

Naples City Hall
735 8th Street South
MIdway 2-2181

Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Old Trailways Bus Station Building & Beach Cab Company

The building is still there at the east end of the new parking garage on 9th Street & 6th Avenue South. The businesses are both gone & so is the water tower, but I guess you'd have to had fell off the turnip truck not to know that one wouldn't you?

1963 Phone Numbers
Trailways Bus Depot MIdway 2-2925
Beach Cab Cartwright MIdway 2-4114

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Lowdermilk Park


Enjoy the COLOR photographs they're few & far in between & probably the best I've ever seen. I'll be going back to black & white which are pretty common but older Naples photo's are getting harder to come by.

1963 Phone Number
Lowdermilk Park Recreation Center
MIdway 2-6079

Cult Leader
Brookside Homeboy

PS: Please feel free to become a follower there's no plan to spike the Kool Aid anytime soon. :):)

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Wiggins Pass Area Without The State Park

West Gordon River Bridge ( Before Tin City)

Vanderbilt Beach @ 111th Ave North (With No Bridge)

Sorrento Gardens (Behind Outback) Southeast View

Sorrento Gardens South To Twin Lakes

Shadowlawn Drive & School @ East 41 August 16th 1968

Seagate

South Gordon Drive September 17th 1968

South Gordon Drive @ Galleon September 1968

Royal Harbor @ Sandpiper Street

Royal Harbor August 16th 1968

The Pier & Gulfshore Blvd September 17th 1968

The Pier @ 13th Avenue South August 17th 1968

Naples Shopping Plaza

Naples High School & The High School Woods (Before Coastland Mall)

Naples Bay @ Goodlette Road August 1968

Naples Bay Postcard

North Gulfshore @ Doctor's Pass September 1968


The Moorings

Marco River Bridge (Under Construction) It Wasn't Jolley Then But The People That Lived Here Were

Lake Park Elementary School & Neighborhood

Kings Town & Fort Charles August 16th 1968

Keewaydin Island

Hole In The Wall Golf Course On Goodlette Road

Gulfshore Blvd @ The Beach Club September 1968

Gulfshore Blvd @ 7th Avenue North September 1968

Galleon Drive August 16th 1968

Galleon Drive & Spyglass Lane

Doctor's Pass August 16th 1968

Crayton Cove & Broad Avenue South

Country Club Of Naples @ Goodlette Road

Brookside Village (Homeboy's Former Headquarters)

Aqualane Shores September 6th 1968

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