On the Beach

Here are a few postcards from the past. Most of you will recognize these places. If you have a few pictures or postcards let us know so we can put them up as well.

If you haven't visited: http://ltc4940.blogspot.com/2008/11/gulfport-ms.html
you might want to for additional old photos of Gulfport.


The Friendship House which was located at the corner of Debuys Road and the service drive of Hwy 90, is where many families ate their favorite meals for many years. It was severely damaged during Camille and later demolished and replaced with The Olive Garden. The Olive Garden was completely wiped out by Katrina and there is nothing at the location now but a slab.

The Embassy Club, also known as the Merry Mansion. If I recall correctly it was a victim of Hurricane Camille.

Colonial Cottage and Seawall Café. What is interesting about this photo postcard is it shows the seawall prior to the sand being pumped up in 1956. Most people think there are two or three steps in the seawall when in reality there are 10 to 12 but most are buried by the pumped in sand.

This is a view of the cottages at Colonial Inn. Note the white painted trunks of the trees.
The Gulfport U.S.O. Building.

Falk's Waffle Shop was the first building north of the railroad tracks. Think that one of his sons was a classmate of our's -- either a year or two ahead or behind us.

Great Southern Country Club just to the east of GCMA. Isn't this where we had our graduation ball?