Name/Title
Hotel DoblerEntry/Object ID
BCI.1Description
A black and white photograph of the Hotel Dobler from the end of the old wooden Municipal Pier in Gulfport. There is a rowboat in the waters of Boca Ciega Bay next to the pier and a diving platform closer to the shore. There are some people on the diving platform and in the water around it.
"The shore from end of Pier Gulfport."Photograph Details
Subject
Hotels--Florida--Gulfport--1920-1940, Swimming, Piers & wharves,, Leisure, Recreation, Boats, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.), TourismSubject Person or Organization
Hotel Dobler, Boca Ciega InnContext
"John Dobler, who became mayor of Gulfport in 1919 (by a vote of 15-13), built the handsome hotel ... Though it had 41 rooms, each with its own lavatory and hot and cold running water, the Dobler Hotel never really prospered, in time became the much more successful Boca Ciega Inn, and was eventually demolished in 1974. The wooden pier was replaced in the 1930s as a WPA project." (Gabber Newspaper, April 2, 2009)Collection
Boca Ciega Inn, Photograph CollectionAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Marjorie Dalton JohnsonInscription/Signature/Marks
Location
ReverseTranscription
Boca Ciega Inn
1925
#9 Boca Ciega Inn
Marge JohnsonLanguage
EnglishDimensions
Height
2-7/8 inWidth
4-9/16 inCopyright
Type of License
UnknownNotes
No copyright if photographer is Harry Thorne (d. 1953, all photographs no longer under copyright since 2023). Photographer unverified.Updated By
MCUpdate Date
February 26, 2026
