Clearwater Florida, pt. 2 (23365)

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Photo archive of 45 items including 11 silver gelatin photos, 24 large format negatives including originals, measuring 4" x 5", contianed in 11 original photo studio annotated envelopes, Clearwater, Florida, c. 1950 to 1955. Named commissions anchor the file throughout, including Al Hungerford Realty, Alexander & Gauslin Real Estate Sales Rentals Insurance at 511 Park St., Bob Morrison Realtor, and Southwind Apartments. Bob Morrison's office appears as a clean low commercial building with bold lettering across the facade; Alexander & Gauslin occupies a streamlined corner block beside the Owl Diner, its window and signs announcing sales, rentals, and insurance; Al Hungerford Realty stands in a compact modern office with a tiled vertical sign tower and a curved entrance bay marked "Insurance." Southwind appears in repeated exterior views as a two story apartment court with flat rooflines, metal balcony rails, landscaped beds, and residents seated outdoors beneath palms and a striped umbrella, while another low residential property sits under large shade trees and Spanish moss, suggesting the quieter rental and lodging side of the same market. The sleeves preserve the working identity of the commissions in Fulmer's filing system, with handwritten entries including "Hungerford," "Bob Morrison Real Estate Office," "Southwind Apt," and "Alexander & Gauslin Realtor." Supporting material from a local Home Show remains tied to the same sales environment, with merchants' booths, crowds, and display spaces for household goods and services aimed at the buyers, renters, and homeowners moving in to the expanding city. Other home show images depict the culture of events- mixing consumer culture and rapid expansion with public displas of a theatrical nature including live music and performance, and auction styled sales.

(From seller's item description).

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