Image Number

• JJS0388A

Year

• 1947

Date Note

• Photographed on July 29, 1947.

Series Title

• General: Steinmetz collection.
• Specific: Steinmetz collection N2011- 7, Photographic collection, 1930s-1970s; Box 3

General Note

• The Gasparilla Inn opened in 1913. Purchased in 1930 by Barron Collier. It was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 as the Gasparilla Inn & Club.

Rights

• 

Biography Note

• Joseph Janney Steinmetz was a world-renowned commercial photographer whose images appeared in such publications as the Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, Time, Holiday, Collier's, and Town & Country. His work has been referred to as "an American social history," which documented diverse scenes of American life from affluent northeasterners to middle-class Floridians. Steinmetz moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sarasota, Florida in 1941.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Steinmetz, Joseph Janney, 1905-1985.

Physical Description

• 1 transparency - col. - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Hotels--Florida--Boca Grande
• Hospitality industry--Florida--Boca Grande
• Architecture--Florida--Boca Grande

Geographic Term

• Lee County (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• 500 Palm Avenue (Boca Grande, Fla.)
• Boca Grande (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Subject Corporate

• Gasparilla Inn (Boca Grande, Fla.)

Shelf Number

• Location: 30713, B.

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