Martin Digital History

Lockwood Collection

Title

Lockwood Collection

Subject

Lockwood family
Florida-Ocean Breeze

Description

Includes images of Ocean Breeze Trailer Park, Jensen Beach, Stuart, and Lockwood Gas Station in the late 1940s and 1950s. Also includes images taken after the 1949 Hurricane hit Martin County on about August 26th, including some taken of Ocean Breeze Trailer Park before and after the hurricane.

Owen "Bud" Walter Lockwood (1918-2004) and wife Marie Frondorf Lockwood (1916-1980; married 1938, divorced 1971) moved to Florida in 1946 with their two sons Louis (b. 1939) and Harold (b. 1944). In 1950 they were residents of Ocean Breeze Park. In 1950 Owen Lockwood opened a Texaco station which also included a marine hardware and boat business. As the boat business increased, Lockwood sold the service station and focused on sales of boats, mobile homes, and vehicle storage.

Source

Digital images gift of Stuart Heritage Museum; donation of Louis Lockwood.

Contributor

Stuart Heritage Museum

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

SHM-2024-043-DVD18
2024.043

Coverage

1950s

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