Penhale Collection

Title

Penhale Collection

Description

Scans gift of Stuart Heritage Museum; originally donated to SHM by Martha Penhale Cuthbert (1939-2020) in 2014.

Includes:

14 images of the 1926 parade held in celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County. The town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. (SHM-Penhale-001 to SHM-Penhale-014)
18 linen backed 4.5x6.5 inch prints also from the 1920s featuring many images from Sewall's Point (SMH-Penhale-015 to SHM-Penhale-032)
7 photographic postcards from the 1940s featuring chiefly local businesses and other buildings (SHM-Penhale-033 to SHM-Penhale-039)

Source

Scans gift of Stuart Heritage Museum; originally donated to SHM by Martha Penhale Cuthbert (1939-2020) in 2014.

Date

1920-1929; 1940-1949

Contributor

Stuart Heritage Museum

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

SHM-Penhale

Collection Items

Men's group marching in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Flags, Men--Societies and clubs, Parades & processions
Marching band in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

A band stops to play in front of Kitching & Eckess, where the governor looks on.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Flags, Marching bands, Musical instruments, Parades & processions
Children dressed as sprites in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Children in costumes. Partially readable sign announces "Flowers and Sprites."

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Children, Costumes, Flags, Parades & processions
Float for Casa Lbr. Co. in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float with a model of a house, and sign "Better County Homes." Casa Lumber Company operated in Stuart from about 1925 to 1928. Kitching & Eckess store behind float.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Float for Lowery-Davis-Lapham in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float featuring furniture. Lowery Davis Lapham Furniture opened on Flagler Avenue in Stuart in Dec 1925. Decorated car and Kitching & Eckess also visible.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Automobiles, Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Float for Salerno in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float with girl ("Miss Salerno") and woman with pageant sashes, man in Seminole clothing, and signs "Salerno go claim your heritage worth untold millions," and "Shortest route by land and water."

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Beauty contestants, Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Float for Stuart Transfer Co. in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float with young African American man or boy in a bathtub, and sign: "We believe in Stuart 'clean up'. Let this be the only Black spot in town. Stuart Transfer Company." Stuart Transfer Company opened in 1925 on Flagler Avenue, then moved to the Lyric Theatre building in March 1926. They were a hauling company.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags African Americans, Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Float for St. Lucie Estates in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float with model house and sign: "St. Lucie Estates where homes are built." Kitching & Eckess visible in background.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Boy Scout entry in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Truck carries a tent, and boy scouts walk alongside. In front of the Peacock-Arcade Hotel under construction. After hosting several businesses and being remodeled several times, the building was demolished in 1960 after a severe fire.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Construction, Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions
Float for Salerno in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926

Parade float with sign "Shortest route by land and water." Other side of float featured in SHM-Penhale-006.

In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest.

Tags Children, Flags, Floats (Parades), Parades & processions

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