Gulfport Casino

Front

Front

Name/Title

Gulfport Casino

Entry/Object ID

2024.0.86

Description

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. "S-3---Casino and Municipal Pier On Boca Ciega Bay Gulfport, Fla."

Subject

Casinos--Florida--Gulfport, Ballrooms--Florida--Gulfport, Piers--Florida--Gulfport, Community centers--Florida--Gulfport, Bays--Florida--Gulfport

Subject Person/Organization

Gulfport Casino

Subject Place

City

Gulfport, FL

Collection

Postcard Collection, Gulfport Casino

Cataloged By

MC

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Unknown

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Linen (1930-1945)

Publisher

Sun News Co.

Place Published

City

St. Petersburg, FL

Printer

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.

Transcriber

MC

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in