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Pepper farm operation, 1962
Pepper farm employees work alongside a conveyor belt system. Crates fill the top floor of the structure and workers are spaced out along the conveyor belt, performing different tasks, some load the belt with peppers from the field while other inspect and sort the peppers for shipment. The pepper field may be at Hogan Farm in Jupiter. Photographs at the behest of W. R. Scott, who served as the president of the Stuart Chamber of Commerce, a state representative and attorney for the city of Stuart and the county. -
Pepper farm operation, 1962
Pepper farm employees work alongside a conveyor belt system. Crates fill the top floor of the structure and workers are spaced out along the conveyor belt, performing different tasks, some load the belt with peppers from the field while other inspect and sort the peppers for shipment. The pepper field may be at Hogan Farm in Jupiter. Photographs taken by or at the behest of W. R. Scott, who served as the president of the Stuart Chamber of Commerce, a state representative and attorney for the city of Stuart and the county. -
Seaboard Air Line cargo train, 1955
Published in the Stuart News (26 May 1955) under headline reading "County's Watermelon Production Total Passes Half Million." Caption included with photo reads "Trainloads Take Martin Melons To All Parts Of U. S. Here are a few of the 334 carloads of melons being shipped from Indiantown by Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Buddy Beech supervises loading from truck in foreground while the load in rear came from the Scott & Beard farm. An additional 60 carloads were shipped from Stuart." -
Woman and children, 1960
A woman stands with several children around her in front of a small wooden building. Photo may be documenting housing conditions for migrant workers in the Indiantown area. -
Migrant housing, 1960
A woman sits on a bed in a concrete block room with several young children on the bed next to hers. Photo may be documenting housing conditions for migrant workers in the Indiantown area. -
Migrant school, 1960
Two adults and a group of children stand next to a flagpole with United States and Florida flags raised.
The migrant school in Indiantown opened in 1960. -
Twins on car, 1990
Two depressed looking children. Part of an exhibition at the Martin County Court House Cultural Center in Stuart, 1992. Includes portraits of migrant workers taken in Indiantown over an 18-month period. -
Older couple with wheelchair, 1989
Seated older couple. Man has cigar in his mouth, woman in wheelchair. Part of an exhibition at the Martin County Court House Cultural Center in Stuart, 1992. Includes portraits of migrant workers taken in Indiantown over an 18-month period. -
Older woman with fan, 1989
Seated older woman holding a fan with an image of a bride and groom and a label "what's as simple as saying 'I do'?" Part of an exhibition at the Martin County Court House Cultural Center in Stuart, 1992. Includes portraits of migrant workers taken in Indiantown over an 18-month period.