FDS Mullet KeyThe Fort De Soto Archive
The Visual Record

Image Archive

Photographs of the fort and the park as it stands today, alongside period postcards, aerials, and the documents behind the history. For the historical nautical charts of the bay, see the Maps collection.

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The Mortars TodayBattery Laidley's four surviving 12-inch mortars in their pits.
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The Fort WallsThe seashell-studded concrete of the 1899-1906 construction.
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The Flagpole CircleThe memorial circle at the heart of the park.
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The Gulf PierThe thousand-foot pier over the channel the fort once guarded.
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The 1911 Post BlueprintsThe plan used to locate the buried footings of the post.
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Period Postcards & AerialsThe tourist era and the pre-park island from above.
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Egmont Key & the LighthouseThe 1858 light and the ruins of Fort Dade across the channel.
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North BeachThe number one beach in America, at the island's northwest.
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