Trolley Tracks and Dance Pavilion

Photograph

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Gulfport History Museum

Front

Front

Name/Title

Trolley Tracks and Dance Pavilion

Entry/Object ID

TRO.20

Description

A black and white photograph of a dance pavilion along the St. Petersburg to Veteran City (Gulfport) trolley tracks. Content warning: The reverse of this photograph contains outdated racial language.

Photograph Details

Subject

Transportation--Florida--1900-1910, Streetcars, Trams, Light rail, Pavilions

Subject Place

City

Gulfport, FL

Collection

Photographs

Cataloged By

MC

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Unknown

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1907 - 1908

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Reverse

Transcription

Colored Dance Pavilion along Alligator Promenade Veteran City 07-08 VETERAN CITY Colored Peoplee [sic] Dance Pavillion [sic] 1907/08

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

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Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"According to a handwritten note on the back of this photograph, this building was the "colored people's dance pavillion [sic], located along "Alligator Promenade" (probably the Lakeview Avenue or Gulfport Boulevard of later times)."