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Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis in Front of Reed's Shack

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Date Issued:
1895
Summary:
Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis relax in front of Reed's palmetto shack house on Sanibel's Tarpon Bay prior to 1900. Reed and Ellis both homesteaded on the bay, Reed along its western shore, and Ellis on the southern shore. Reed was unrelated to the William Reed family to the east on San Carlos Bay.
Title: Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis in Front of Reed's Shack.
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Type of Resource: still image
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1895
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Summary: Commodore Reed and Captain Sam Ellis relax in front of Reed's palmetto shack house on Sanibel's Tarpon Bay prior to 1900. Reed and Ellis both homesteaded on the bay, Reed along its western shore, and Ellis on the southern shore. Reed was unrelated to the William Reed family to the east on San Carlos Bay.
Identifier: SW00001733 (IID), 48019 (digitool), fgcu:21830 (fedora)
Note(s): Originally digitized by Southwest Florida Library Network as part of the Digitizing Southwest Florida Heritage Project and PALMM Project, 2004 in collaboration with the Sanibel Public Library. Project was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
Subject(s): Sanibel Island (Fla.)--History
Sanibel (Fla.)
Captiva Island (Fla.)
Commodore Reed
Sam Ellis
palmetto shacks
William S. Reed family
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/ic/SW00001733
Use and Reproduction: All rights reserved. Material may be used only for research, educational, legal and non-commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of DigitalFGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University Library and the Sanibel Public Library.
Host Institution: FGCU