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Take A Walk Down Memory Lane.....
A photo journey illustrating how things
used to be here on South Padre Island. Click on any image
for an enlarged view. If you are interested in a person
visit The Rogues Gallery and
see if their picture hangs there.
Check out this 1955 edition of the Padre Beach News with an
artists rendition of how the beach could look as far into the
future as 1970....
If anyone says
'there's no surf at SPI' show them these pictures from 1998.
Getting ready for the surfing contest in 1968.
Bahia Mar way back in 1981.
Summer 1976
Two Causeways in 1976.
Spring 1983
Here are a few pictures, circa 1986, of our own Turtle Lady, Ila
Loetscher. She is with Mayor Minnie Solomonson. Who else is that with Ila? Could that be...no.....yes, it's a very youthful Bob Pinkerton
Jr., was he taller back then???
If you have an old or historical photo of life
on South Padre Island, way back when, and would like to
contribute a copy to this gallery please, contact the Public Information Office at
956-761-6548 or send an email to -
jmoody@townspi.com
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