Thurlow/Florida Photographic Concern Collection

Title

Description

Collection of images by Florida Photographic Concern. Includes items purchased by Sandra Thurlow from John Monahan in Michigan through eBay, items displayed by South Florida Water Management District, and a binder of collected items.

Creator

Florida Photographic Concern (Ft. Pierce, Fla.)

Contributor

Sandra Thurlow

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2025.039

Coverage

Florida-Palm City

Collection Items

Fishing along the north fork, c. 1905

Older man and three children seated on dock, fishing.

Low quality scan.

Tags Children, Fishing
Pompano fish with P. P. Cobb yard stick, c. 1908

Pompano fish with P. P. Cobb of Ft. Pierce yardstick for measurement, fish approximately 30 inches long.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 21) as "533 Big Pompano"

Tags Fish, Fishing
Indian River pineapples, c. 1908

Pineapple field at the Koblegard plantation in Ft. Pierce.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 29) as "785 Koblegard-Bed-in fruit, FGH" Image as postcard: SHM-2023-011-084

Tags Croplands, Pineapple plantations, Pineapples
Florida deer - returning from the hunt, c. 1910

Two hunters on a boat with rifles and two dead deer.

Published in Indian River : Florida's treasure coast by Walter R. Hellier. Hurricane House Publishers, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1965

Tags Boats, Deer, Hunting
Oranges ready to Ship, c. 1909

Oranges packed in crates at the Dixie Almond's packing house in Ft. Pierce.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 34) as "949 Interior Almond's Packing House, HEH"

Tags Crates, Oranges, Packing plants
Sugar Cane, c. 1908

Man stands in field of sugarcane. Description in the Florida Photographic Concern logbook includes the name Carlton for this photograph, which may refer to the subject in the image, the location or for whom the photograph was taken.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 24) as "624 Sugar cane" p. 287 adds "Carlton"

Tags Croplands, Sugar plantations, Sugarcane
Harvesting pineapples, c. 1908

Workers harvest pineapples by tossing them in the air and down the line in a field at the Koblegard plantation in Ft. Pierce.

Photograph published in the Farmers Bulletin 1237: Pineapple Culture In Florida from the United States Department of Agriculture, which was issued in November 1921.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 29) as "790 Koblegard-catching pines, FGH."

Tags Croplands, Pineapple plantations, Pineapples
Squash, Palm Beach County, c. 1910

Two men stand in a field of squash in West Palm Beach. Description in the Florida Photographic Concern logbook indicates that the photograph was taken at the D'Gotreau farm.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 88) as "2647 Squash, D'Gotreau, West Palm Beach, Fla."

Tags Croplands, Squashes
The "Silvery" St. Lucie River, c. 1906

Three figures in a boat on the St. Lucie River in Sewall's Point. Photograph described as "Andrews Motor Boat" in the Florida Photographic Concern logbook.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 63) as "1876 Andrews Motor Boat, Sewalls Pt, Fla."

Tags Boats, Rivers, Waterways
Royal Poinciana Hotel, Palm Beach, c. 1911

The large Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach.

Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 129) as "3961 Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, Weaver"

Tags Buildings, Hotels

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