This photo copied from an undated promotional brochure shows an unidentified mail carrier handing mail to an unidentified Port Charlotte resident.

An aerial view of St. Joseph Hospital (foreground) and Fawcett Memorial Hospital (background) in Port Charlotte.

This photo shows a 7-11 convenience store and other new shops on Tamiami Trail, which would become the commercial corridor of Port Charlotte.

This sales brochure promoting the development of Port Charlotte was printed in March 1968.

Beachgoers enjoy the sun, sand and water at Port Charlotte's harborfront beach complex.

The entrance to the Port Charlotte Library, located at the Port Charlotte Cultural Center.

This undated photo shows an unspecified street in Port Charlotte lined with typical General Development houses.

The Port Charlotte Shopping Plaza on Tamiami Trail opened in January 1960.

This concrete entry sign marked the southern boundary of Port Charlotte on Tamiami Trail, near Gardner Drive.

This undated photo shows an art class underway outdoors. The instructor and students are from "Port Charlotte University" which was an adult education program begun by General Development Corporation as an activity for their retired residents. There is an explanatory message on Side 2, and the names of the people in the photo are handwritten above the message. The instructor is identified as "Breathhower."

This sign on Tamiami Trail marked the "border" between Port Charlotte and the older settlement of Charlotte Harbor.