Key Largo: The Mystery, The Movie, The Mural

Key Largo was a film made in 1948, the same year as I was born. But when I first saw it on TV, I was captivated with the movie and the exotic locale of Key Largo. While I have been to Florida a number of times, I still have not made the trip to Key Largo, but it is on my bucket list!

For those unfamiliar with Florida geography “key” is another word for island, and Florida has a string of keys stretching from the ocean side of the southern tip of Florida down and curving gently to the west into the Gulf of Mexico.

Most of the keys are joined by Highway 1 that extends by a series of bridges across the keys and ends at Key West—another attractive destination that can be reached by automobile or cruise ship.

Note the cool back lighting shining on the telegraph and the mural.

Now I have made Key Largo into murals before, but when Mike Clark contacted me, he had a great idea. He had obtained a brass telegraph from a ship and a large brass anchor. For those who aren’t familiar with a telegraph, this is the instrument that the captain uses to relay to the engine room commands to go ahead slow, faster or reverse. He wanted to put the telegraph and anchor in the corners of the three walls decorated with the Key Largo Mural.

Mike also sent pictures of the wall after installation with the masterpiece of the three walls with the anchor and telegraph in place.

Needless to say, the total effect is quite spectacular, nautical, and nice.

Humphrey Bogart would certainly approve!

So what inspiration do you have for a mural in your home? Give Skipper Steve a call at 801-989-8083 and let’s talk about it.

The brass sign over the door says “US Navy Minesweeper Anchor. The brass in the corners and the dark wood trim really adds to the cool mural of Key Largo!