Name/Title
Veteran City CasinoEntry/Object ID
2024.0.8Description
A postcard showing the original Gulfport Casino building with trolley and ferry pier. People are walking toward the Casino.
"Vetran City, Florida. The Casino, View on Dock."Subject
Casinos--Florida--Gulfport, Ballrooms, Piers, Community centers, Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.)Subject Person/Organization
Gulfport CasinoContext
"... the first casino, built at the end of an 800-foot pier, and opened in April 1906. The south, or bay side, shown featured a soda fountain and souvenir shop, and behind it a very popular dance floor. The Casino was destroyed in the hurricane of October 1921." (Gabber Newspaper, October 7, 2010)
"The Casino viewed from the south, or waterside." (Lynne Brown, Gulfport: A Definitive History Vol. 1)Collection
Postcard Collection, Gulfport CasinoAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
UnknownPostcard Details
Postcard Type
Divided Back (1907-1915)Publisher
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., ManufacturersDate Published
1907 - 1909Printer
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., ManufacturersPostmark
Date and Time of Postmark
May 3 1912 AMStamp
1908 1c Franklin, GreenAddressee
Name
Miss Lottie RiderAddress
City
Serman / Sherman (?)State/Province
ConnecticutState/Province Code
CTTranscription
Transcription
I hope you are / better and re[ceived?] / my letter al[right?]. / It is very warm / here just now / I see[?] Frank real[ly?] / []. Mary []Transcriber
MCLanguage
EnglishDimensions
Height
3-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 inUpdated By
MCUpdate Date
August 15, 2026
