Browse Items (24 total)
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George Brown, 1894
Handwritten on back: "George Brown (father of Robert) with Benjamin Alexander, Margaret Leonora, and Annie Jessie Brown." Robert Brown married Annie Yorkston Hogg.
Additional image restored with ChatGPT added.Tags Children -
Kate Hamilton Dyer, c. 1946
Published in the Stuart News (9 Nov 1950) with biographical article.
Also included is a copy restored through ChatGPT.Tags Teachers -
Pompano train station, c. 1910
Pompano train depot, with signs for "colored" and "white" entrances, and "Southern Express Company." Low quality print.Tags Railroad stations -
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Hars place, c. 1895
Men in a pineapple field. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 14), with the caption: "After the untimely death of homesteader August Hars in 1887, his brother Heinrich of Hamburg, Germany, came to Florida to settle his affairs and for a time tried pioneering on the St. Lucie River. In this photograph, Heinrich stands in his pineapple field between A.R. Krueger, at left, and Morris Johns, at right. In 1902 he sold to Mary and Harry Richards but contracted a fatal illness on his way back to Germany." Low quality print.Tags Pineapples -
Cracker house and rattlesnake, c. 1925
Small house and rattlesnake hanging on pin. Very low quality.
Copy restored with ChatGPT also available -
Katie Hamilton Dyer, 1878
Kate Hamilton Dyer as a young woman. Also included is a copy restored through Gemini.Tags Teachers -
Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben, c. 1915
Portrait of Stuart's first attorney, Thomas Jefferson DeSteuben (1839-1927). Low quality print.
Also included is a copy restored through Gemini.Tags Attorneys -
Oak Hill train station, c. 1910
Oak Hill freight depot, with sign for "Southern Express Company." Oak Hill is located just south of New Smyrna Beach. Low quality print.
Also included is a copy restored through Gemini.Tags Railroad stations -
Curt Schroeder, c. 1900
Curt Emil Schroeder (1872-1946) served as mayor, city manager, clerk, and tax collector of Stuart. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book Stuart on the St. Lucie, with the caption: "Curt Schroeder emigrated from Germany in 1893 and joined his uncles Otto, Ernest, and Albert on the St. Lucie River. He used his diaries written in his native tongue as a basis for a series of articles about Stuart's pioneer days published in the Stuart News in 1945. Much that has been written about the history of Stuart is based on his accounts."
Also included is a copy restored through Gemini.