Name/Title
Casino and Municipal PierEntry/Object ID
2024.0.52Description
A color linen postcard showing the third Gulfport Casino with its original north-facing entrance. Three benches sit empty in front of the building and an American flag waves on a flagpole. There are five pedestrians. The wooden Municipal Pier can be seen on the water in the background and there is flowerbed in the foreground. The Gulfport Honor Roll is visible on the left of the building.
"S-3---Casino and Municipal Pier
On Boca Ciega Bay
Gulfport, Fla."Subject
Casinos--Florida--Gulfport, Ballrooms, Architecture, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.)Subject Person/Organization
Gulfport CasinoCollection
Postcard Collection, Gulfport CasinoCataloged By
MCAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
UnknownPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Linen (1930-1945)Publisher
Sun News Co.Date Published
circa 1945Printer
Curt Teich & Co.Transcription
Transcription
Gulfport, Fla., adjoining St. Petersburg on / the South-West, offers many attractions to its / visitors. A beautiful casino, where dances / and entertainments are enjoyed, and a large / pier, extending out into Boca Ciega Bay, and / a popular bathing beach. / 61 - P ($?) 3.50Transcriber
MCLanguage
EnglishDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 in
