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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clarence Rutland and an unknown judge or exhibitor converse at the 1964 Sanibel Shell Fair held at the Sanibel Community House. An Art Exhibit and Sale have regularly been a part of the annual Shell Fair.