Royal Palm Hammock | Marco Island Historical Society

Guidebook - 2016-01-2504

36-page guidebook entitled "A Fishing Guide To Collier County" by Robert & Katherine Carr. Light yellow cover with darker gold sketches of various fishing scenes on the front and back. Dark blue text on the cover reads "A Fishing Guide To Collier County, By Robert & Katherine Carr, Published By The Collier County News, Naples, Florida, Reprinted 1997 with permission of Naples Daily News." Inside includes information about fishing, boating, fishi...

Record Type: Object

Magazine - 2010-07-018

Summer 1969 edition of The Marco Islander. Cover features a color image of a man swinging a golf club. Another man and two women looking on. Dark blue and white text on the cover reads "The Marco Islander, Summer 1969." Table of Contents: "Tony Lema would have loved it!" "Lema event proves golf can be fun" "Sun-loving Gregson burns up Marco course" "Celebrities tops with fans" "The Gallery" "Awards Presented" "A History of the Island" ...

Record Type: Object

Magazine - 2013-01-004

Summer 1969 edition of The Marco Islander. Cover features a color image of a man swinging a golf club. Another man and two women looking on. Dark blue and white text on the cover reads "The Marco Islander, Summer 1969." Table of Contents: "Tony Lema would have loved it!" "Lema event proves golf can be fun" "Sun-loving Gregson burns up Marco course" "Celebrities tops with fans" "The Gallery" "Awards Presented" "A History of the Island" ...

Record Type: Object

Postcard - 2009-05-054

Three color photographs of Corwin Sea Shells and Coral and the Hammock Restaurant at Royal Palm Hammock. Caption on the back reads "Royal Palm Hammock, On Tamiami Trail at Junction of Route 92 - to Marco. 17 mi. Southeast of Naples. 92 mi. West of Miami. Corwin Sea Shells and Coral. The Hammock Restaurant, Cottages Overnite & Efficiencies. Beautiful Beaches. Nearby Tamiami Trail and Ten Thousand Islands. Fishing. Gulf Oil Products. Tel. Naples -...

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Postcard - 2017-02-073

Three color images of the shops at Royal Palm Hammock. Top image is the outside of the building. Signs on the building read "Hammock Restaurant", "Corwin's", "Coral", "Sea Shells", and World Famous Marco Beach". Proper right bottom image is the inside of the restaurant with several tables, chairs, and a long counter. Proper left bottom image is the inside of the souvenir shop with several tables with shell items and items hanging on the walls. ...

Record Type: Object

Postcard - 2017-02-098

Color aerial image of Royal Palm Hammock at the intersection of San Marco Rd. and Tamiami Trail. Several buildings visible. Billboard on the proper left side advertising Marco Island. Caption on the back reads "Royal Palm Hammock, Florida including Indian Village, and road to Goodland and Marco Island."

Record Type: Object

Postcard - 2021-33-001

Color aerial image of Royal Palm Hammock at the intersection of San Marco Rd. and Tamiami Trail. Several buildings visible. Billboard on the proper left side advertising Marco Island. Caption on the back reads "Royal Palm Hammock, Florida including Indian Village, and road to Goodland and Marco Island."

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Print, Photographic - 2020-17-005

Color photographic print of Royal Palm Station at Royal Palm Hammock. Gulf Oil sign is visible along with automobiles. The photograph is taken from across the street.

Record Type: Photo

Print, Photographic - 2020-17-011

Color photographic print of Corwin's shell store at Royal Palm Hammock. A telephone booth and two cars are visible in front of the store. Two people are standing behind and to the right of the telephone booth. The sign on the store reads, "Seashells, World Famous Marco Beach [arrow], Super Shelling." Photograph taken from the parking lot. "Marco Isl 1957-58" is written in blue pen on the back.

Record Type: Photo

Print, Photographic - 2020-17-028

Black and white photographic print of the Royal Palm Station at Royal Palm Hammock. The station has a rectangular Gulf Oil sign above the door and a circular Gulf Oil sign above the gas pumps. A man and a woman are walking toward the station. A sign is partially visible in the proper right foreground with the Coca-Cola logo and "Restaurant." Two of Meese Ellis' tourist cabins are visible in the background behind the fueling station. "JUL 58"...

Record Type: Photo

Print, Photographic - 2020-17-029

Black and white photographic print of the Hammock Restaurant and Corwin's Sea Shells and Coral at Royal Palm Hammock. Three cars are parked in front of the restaurant and store. "JUL 58" printed on the top of the photograph. Paperclipped to the photograph is a typed description by William Morris Harper, Jr. that reads: "This modern and now busy corner at Royal Palm Hammock was carved from a wilderness by hard working Mr. and Mrs. Meese Ellis...

Record Type: Photo

Print, Photographic - 2020-17-038

Black and white photographic print of Mr. and Mrs. Meese Ellis in front of the Royal Palm Station at Royal Palm Hammock. The open sign and Ladies rest room sign are visible. Meese is wearing a ball cap, white shirt, and light pants with his arms behind his back, and Mrs. Ellis is wearing a sleeveless dress with buttons up the front. "JUL 58" printed on the right side of the photograph. Paperclipped to the photograph is a typed description...

Record Type: Photo