Several cars parked in front of the Salerno Port Office and O'Connor's Soda Fountain. The license plates on the vehicles all have a date of 1959 on them.
Post Office in Port Salerno with O'Connor's Soda Fountain located next door. This iteration of the Salerno Post Office was built around 1957 after the previous Post Office building was torn down. An article in the Stuart News (13 Nov 1958) details that Henry Grien "built the new Post Office and remodeled the buildings adjoining, which resulted in three new business (sic) opening: O'Connor's Soda Fountain and Gift Shop, C. B. Arbogast real estate, and the Busy bee Furniture Store."
Interior view of soda fountain counter at Melita's Drive-In restaurant. Photograph by Earl Dyer Ricou and published in the Stuart News (31 Mar 1955) for the grand opening of the restaurant, which was located on A1A in Jensen Beach.
Bar stools filled by customers at Jensen Beach Sundries. Photograph published as an advertisement in a brochure for Stuart and Jensen Beach with the caption: Post Office Building, phone 9111. Delicious Alfar Ice Cream. Fountain, luncheons, sundries, vacation supplies, tourist information, Western Union. Mr. and Mrs. V.L. McKinney, owners.
