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Ashley family, by Sandra Mario Provence, c. 2015
Short memoir of growing up with the Ashley family by John Ashley's great niece. Sandra Mario Provence's grandmother was John Ashley's sister.Tags Ashley Gang -
Alligator Joe postcards, c. 1905
"Alligator Joe," Warren Frazee (1873-1915) operated an attraction near the gilded hotels of Palm Beach from the late 1890s until 1915. He also opened another attraction in Miami in 1906 and toured northern cities. -
Albert B. Chandler 1903
In 1960s, documents were found in the attic of recently deceased Mary Chandler, Salerno, concerning espionage and other activities during the U.S. Civil War. The documents belonged to Albert B. Chandler (1840-1923) who developed and ciphers for transmitting confidential messages as the confidential telegrapher for Lincoln. Mary Chandler's husband, Frank Chandler was A.B. Chandler's nephew, but it is unknown how they came to have possession of the papers or where they were located after 1960. Photo from Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume II. Lewis Publishing Company (New York, NY), 1903. Facing page 328. -
Perle S. Thomas and family, c. 1921
-Mother Lamyra Williams Thomas, Vedder Thomas, baby Elizabeth held by her father Perle Thomas, and oldest son Otho Thomas.
-Interior of the Thomas Grocerteria, located on the ground floor of the Crystal Palace in Fort Pierce (opened 1921).
-Portrait of Perle Sylvester Thomas (1883-1927). In 1927, Thomas was murdered by U.S. Border Patrol Inspectors when they were conducting illegal search stops, saying they were looking for illegal immigrants. The agents were in an unmarked car, flagging down motorists on Dixie Highway at night. After Thomas did not stop, they followed him and fired into the car. Three of federal agents were arrested immediately and found guilty after a trial. Fred Brownlee of Hobe Sound, was given the death penalty (commuted to 8 years in prison in 1934 and he was released in 1938) and two others found guilty of second degree murder and given life in prison (they were paroled in 1930).
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