Martin Digital History

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  • U.S. Congressman Paul Rogers and Capt. Adams shake hands.
  • Sewall's Point commission meeting.
  • Portrait of Willard M. Kiplinger who founded the Kiplinger Foundation which donates to nonprofits in the fields of education, performing arts, journalism, and history. He also founded The Kiplinger Publishing Company, which included Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Kiplinger donated to many projects in the Martin County area such as the Woman's Club of Stuart, the Martin County Library system, and the House of Refuge.
  • Mayor Ed Menninger Jr. grins as Dennis S. Hudson Sr., bank president, turns the first shovelful of dirt at the site of the new First National Bank of Stuart on Colorado Avenue.
  • Several people gathered for a ceremony to commemorate removing the toll from the 10-cent bridge over the St. Lucie River.
  • Scene filmed on Osceola Street for the "Little Laura and Big John" movie about the Ashley Gang. Actors sit in cars from the 1920's in front of Jerry's Bar as spectators watch the scene from the foreground.
  • Group portrait taken in front of a stagecoach mural at an Elliott Museum concert held in February of 1960. The formal dedication of the Elliott Museum was not held until November of the following year. From left to right: Claude Rainey (1896-1983), Vonetta Rainey (1896-1976), Ellen Nelson (1908-2006), Nellie Elliott, Harmon Elliott, Lillian Armstrong Dassori (1914-1990), and Jessie Perkins (1901-1967).
  • View of property damage at the home of Dr. Anthony Reiger after fire destroyed his Sewall's Point home on December 17th, 1968.
  • Program for Environmental Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held on November 22, 2003 at the Environmental Studies Center in Jensen Beach. The ceremony was in honor of the late Edward Glucker and his work as an environmental activist during the 1960s and 1970s.
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