Reading Time: 10 minutesModern Pensacola Beach is known for waterfront hotels, restaurants, beach houses, entertainment venues, and a steady flow of vehicles crossing onto Santa Rosa Island. Historic photographs show a very different landscape. In images from the 1930s and 1940s, the Casino resort, its fishing pier, a water tower, and a few supporting buildings appear surrounded by open sand. Large sections of the island remain undeveloped. Ther…