Martin Digital History

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  • Group of people with car and persimmons. Handwritten on back: "Benjamin Parks with people from West Palm Beach picking persimmons. Seated on the running board, verified by Berta Stuart."
  • A man and woman pose together next to a large fruit basket at Frances Langford's Outrigger Resort.
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  • Several people sit around a patio table near the Outrigger Resort pool. The resort guests all wear colorful leis. Large fruit platter on the table and several small vehicles are visible in the background. The Langford-Evinrude estate home is also available in the background.
  • A man and a woman pose next to a large fruit platter display near the Outrigger Resort pool. Indian River in view behind the couple.
  • A fruit basket sits on an outdoor coffee table with an ash tray and pack of Newport cigarettes next to the basket. Several chairs and a hammock are near the table.
  • Interior view of a gift shop with fruit baskets, jams, saltwater taffy boxes, etc. Published in the 1954 Martin County High School yearbook with the label: Compliments of Ivy Smith, shipper of Florida Fruit and Tropical Delicacies, 219 Osceola Avenue.
  • Hansen Bros. Groves, Indian River fruit stand, 9 miles north of Stuart. Published in the 1954 Martin County High School yearbook.
  • Woman pulls a wagon filled with round objects, possibly grapefruit. A boy also sits on the edge of the wagon.
  • "There is nothing better - Stuart watermelons." Cut watermelon on table with dish.

    Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.

    Listed in the FPC record book 1 (p. 121) as "3702 Water Melon (Tucker's in Studio), HEH"
  • "Pawpaws - A favorite breakfast fruit." A pawpaw tree with fruit amid pineapple slips. Listed in FPC record book 1 as "paw paw tree." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.
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