Cabana Shelter on Boca Ciega Bay

Front

Front

Name/Title

Cabana Shelter on Boca Ciega Bay

Entry/Object ID

2025.6.6

Description

A color linen postcard showing people sitting under a thatched roof cabana shelter by the water. Others walk along the shore. Cars and buildings can be seen in the background. "CABANA SHELTER ON BOCA CIEGA BAY, / GULFPORT, FLORIDA—20"

Subject

Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.), Beaches--Florida--Gulfport, Cabanas

Subject Place

City

Gulfport, FL

Collection

Postcard Collection

Cataloged By

MC

Acquisition

Accession

2025.6

Source or Donor

Clearwater Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Linen (1930-1945)

Publisher

Rodes Distributing Co.

Place Published

City

St. Petersburg, FL

Date Published

1939 - 1950

Printer

E. C. Kropp Co.

Place Printed

City

Milwaukee, WI

Transcription

Transcription

Bringing native atmosphere to Boca Ciega Bay / in Gulfport is this comfortable thatched roof, / cabana shelter. Visitors spend many hours en- / joying watching the bathers and fisherman and / seeing the dolphin and porpoise swim about close / to the shores.

Transcriber

MC

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in