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Downtown Fort Myers
Year unknown
Source: Fort Myers Historical Society

Fort Myers Gala Day Event, a celebration of the auctioning off of 150 lots in Fort Myers.

Source: Fort Myers Historical Society

Train - Fort Myers
Year unknown
Not AI
Source: Fort Myers Historical Society

Fort Myers Beach Bridge

Not AI!

Source: Fort Myers Historical Society

Downtown Fort Myers where Joe’s Crab Shack was soon to be a new restaurant.

Blount’s General Store
Corner of First and Hendry
Downtown Fort Myers

Source: Fort Myers Historical Society

Who remembers Circuit City? Good or bad stories about your experience? I worked at the Fort Myers store in 1995 for about a year. Fun fact, do you remember the ESP that was always offered or better known as the Extended Service Plan. Internally it was referred to as the “cheese” aka another associate would ask do you get the cheese on that sale. Needless to say the company heavily promoted those internally and attached high commissions to them.

Palmland Motel and Lounge

How the ad read in the 1960s…

“Luxurious living amid tropical palms, superbly furnished penthouses, efficiencies, overnight rooms, each with tub and shower, telephone, steam heat, individually air conditioned, outdoor/indoor lounges,fresh water swimming, and barbecue pit”

Sheraton Motor Inn
Fort Myers

Fort Myers Beach
Gulf Echo Motel

The ad back then “cable vision color TV in every room”

Tropical Inn Resort Motel
5210 Estero Blvd.
Fort Myers Beach

Congress Motor Hotel
North Fort Myers

Bradford Hotel in Downtown Fort Myers

Source: State Archives

Originally built in Bonita Springs, in the 1930s, the first Shell Factory burned down in 1953 and was rebuilt on U.S. 41, in North Fort Myers.

Street scenes from downtown Fort Myers.

Source: State Archives

4 photos (swipe left)

1. Railroad Depot - c. Early 1900s
   2 Downtown Fort Myers - c. 1950s

3. Downtown Fort Myers - c. 1950s

Source: State Archives

> Fort Myers Yacht and Country Club
> The Fort Myers Steam Laundry Building
> School House

First photo is Mr. Edison with his new car presented from his neighbor Henry Ford. Second photo is Edison’s home.

Both are early 1900s

2 photos included and are not AI or AI enhanced.
Source: State of Florida archives.

Have a great weekend!

The Tamiami Trail Blazers, who scouted out the path of what became Tamiami Trail/US 41.

Not AI or AI Enhanced (source: State Archives)
c. early 1900s

3 photos shown (scroll to the right)

Lesson Learned: I will not use photos off FB unless they can be verified to the original, even from a history page, these photos below are from the Archives in Tallahassee. THEY ARE NOT AI or AI enhanced.