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Advertising panels, 1926
Four men, William H. Leopard, Frank Sheeran, Stuart mayor John E. Taylor and an unidentified man, hold large boards with titles affixed: "At Your Service" Leopard & Sheeran, real estate, insurance, investments. Stuart Florida. Exhibited through the courtesy of A.W. France."
Boards are pasted with photographs and newspaper articles from 1926. The display was created to be shown at Young's Million Dollar Steel Pier in Atlantic City. A.W. France, owner of the France Apartments, would display them while attending a convention of engineers there.
William H. Leopard & Frank Sheeran formed Leopard & Sheeran in August 1926, with offices in the Peacock Arcade and on Dixie Highway in Rio. -
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Perry Boswell, 1974
Studio portrait of Perry Boswell, local real estate developer. -
Jerry Clark, 1981
Studio portrait of Jerry Clark, local real estate agent from the 1980s through early 2000s.Tags Real estate agents -
M. R. "Ronny" Nelson, 1963
Portrait of Milton R. "Ronny" Nelson, local realtor at M. P. Nelson Real Estate. Nelson also served as president for both the Stuart Jaycees and the Stuart Chamber of Commerce.Tags Real estate agents -
Ralph W. Hartman Jr, 1953
Studio portrait of Ralph W. Hartman. Hartman served Martin County in various roles, including city commissioner, one of the founders of Martin County Historical Society, on the board of directors for Martin Memorial Hospital, president of Stuart Rotary Club and owner of Hartman Real Estate Co. of Stuart.Tags Real estate agents -
Andrew Pittman Jr., c. 1975
Studio portrait of Andrew Pittman Jr., city commissioner, owner of the Pittman Insurance Agency and a local realtor for nearly 50 years.Tags Real estate agents -
Perry Boswell, 1968
Studio portrait of real estate broker, Perry Boswell. -
Dick Ashley, May 1964
Charles Richard "Dick" Ashley came to Stuart in about 1937. He married Emma Taylor in 1939 and they had three daughters. According to his obituary in the Stuart News (29 Aug 1990) he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, receiving the Purple Heart for service during Operation Marke Garden in Holland in 1944. In 1946, he and father-in-law John E. Taylor opened Taylor-Ashley Real Estate and Insurance. -
Marine pilot Ransom Tilton, c. 1942
Ransom Ricou Tilton (1924-1995) wearing a flight helmet and a badge labeled "R.R. Tilton, 2nd Lt. USMCR." Tilton was a member of the "Black Sheep Squadron" during WWII, and a Martin County commissioner (1948-1950). He also served in the Korean War and owned the family real estate business in Jensen.