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New modern cottages were being built on Sanibel after the advent of the Sanibel Causeway in 1963.

New modern cottages were being built on Sanibel after the Sanibel Causeway began building, such as these Casa Ybel cottages in 1962.

New modern cottages were being built on Sanibel.

Casa Ybel in 1962.

(L-R back) Haskell Daniels, Betsy Sawyer, Peggy Sawyer, Ron McCoy. (front) Dorothy Van Sickle, Ethel Sawyer. The group is posed in front of the Sawyer cottage, seen at right in background, in the mid-twenties. The Sawyer cottage was built on the Sanibel Gulf beach about mid-island, near the Matthews Hotel, later called Island Inn.

Hal Tayntor swings on the porch of his family's winter quarters on Sanibel at the Sisters Hotel.

Standing in front of a cottage on Woodring Point in the 1940s.

New modern cottages were being built on Sanibel after the Sanibel Causeway began building, although they remained modest in size and scope.

The Burnap Cottage is part of the Sanibel Historical Village and Museum. The other buildings include the tea room, refreshment tent, and post office, all viewed from the Rutland house.

The interior of one of the cottages at Sanibel in 1962.