Bradenton's Memorial Pier and Bradenton waterfront. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng The Pier Restaurant on the old Bradenton Memorial Pier, at the foot of Old Main Street. The pier, built in 1927, was named to honor the Manatee County Veterans of World War I and for many years had travertine stone plaques with veterans' names attached. Over the years, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce, the Bradenton Yacht Club and the South Florida Museum. Snooty the Manatee of the South Florida Museum got his start in a tank outside the pier building. By the 1980s, the Pier Restaurant had the ground floor and a banquet room above. It was owned by F. Dan and Donald Miller. WOFN Radio broadcast from the old WTRL Radio room in the tower. Beyond the Pier, on land, from left to right are the three story Cox Chevrolet building, also owned by this time by the Miller Brothers. Behind it rises the 1920s Professional Building on Manatee Avenue. The Pier Restaurant on the old Bradenton Memorial Pier, at the foot of Old Main Street. The pier, built in 1927, was named to honor the Manatee County Veterans of World War I and for many years had travertine stone plaques with veterans' names attached. Over the years, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce, the Bradenton Yacht Club and the South Florida Museum. Snooty the Manatee of the South Florida Museum got his start in a tank outside the pier building. By the 1980s, the Pier Restaurant had the ground floor and a banquet room above. It was owned by F. Dan and Donald Miller. WOFN Radio broadcast from the old WTRL Radio room in the tower. Beyond the Pier, on land, from left to right are the three story Cox Chevrolet building, also owned by this time by the Miller Brothers. Behind it rises the 1920s Professional Building on Manatee Avenue. United States Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Bradenton's Memorial Pier and Bradenton waterfront.
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The Pier Restaurant on the old Bradenton Memorial Pier, at the foot of Old Main Street. The pier, built in 1927, was named to honor the Manatee County Veterans of World War I and for many years had travertine stone plaques with veterans' names attached. Over the years, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce, the Bradenton Yacht Club and the South Florida Museum. Snooty the Manatee of the South Florida Museum got his start in a tank outside the pier building. By the 1980s, the Pier Restaurant had the ground floor and a banquet room above. It was owned by F. Dan and Donald Miller. WOFN Radio broadcast from the old WTRL Radio room in the tower. Beyond the Pier, on land, from left to right are the three story Cox Chevrolet building, also owned by this time by the Miller Brothers. Behind it rises the 1920s Professional Building on Manatee Avenue.
The Pier Restaurant on the old Bradenton Memorial Pier, at the foot of Old Main Street. The pier, built in 1927, was named to honor the Manatee County Veterans of World War I and for many years had travertine stone plaques with veterans' names attached. Over the years, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce, the Bradenton Yacht Club and the South Florida Museum. Snooty the Manatee of the South Florida Museum got his start in a tank outside the pier building. By the 1980s, the Pier Restaurant had the ground floor and a banquet room above. It was owned by F. Dan and Donald Miller. WOFN Radio broadcast from the old WTRL Radio room in the tower. Beyond the Pier, on land, from left to right are the three story Cox Chevrolet building, also owned by this time by the Miller Brothers. Behind it rises the 1920s Professional Building on Manatee Avenue.
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Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection