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Wintering and camping in Florida, 1910
Man camping in a tent surrounded by trees.
Florida Artistic Series. -
Peggy Schilling at campsite, 1941
Peggy Schilling relaxing in her tent at Trapper Nelson's Fish Camp, Hobe Sound, in 1941 on her honeymoon. The Ford car has a Kentucky license plate from 1941. -
Bible Conference in Stuart, 1911
Crowd of adults and children pose next to large tent for the Stuart Bible Conference held in March 1911. Miami and Ft. Lauderdale newspapers advertised the event at the time and highlighted the inclusion of Dr. J. M. Gray, dean of Moody Institute in Chicago, as a speaker of note for the conference.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 116) as "3537 Bible Conference, Stuart, Fred"
Published in the Stuart News (9 Jan 1964) with the caption: "This tent housed a Bible Conference held near Stuart Hotel, with the Rev. Neil McQuarrie in charge, on March 5-15, 1911." -
Pitchford Camp portrait, c. 1940
Woman and dog at the Pitchford Camp in Jensen Beach.
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Beach campsite, 1963
Cars and mobile homes parked along the water in Port Salerno. Multiple groups of people in view as they enjoy the recreation area alongside several tents and beach chairs set up near the water and boats docked on the shore. Wooded area directly behind the beach. -
Curt Schroeder Jr. with tent, c. 1925
Young man, Curt Schroeder Jr., kneeling in front of a tent, with two hunting dogs and three animal carcasses beside him. -
Turtle slaughter, c. 1920
Three men, a dog and a woman stand or kneel in front of a tent with three turtles on a wooden platform. The woman holds a turtle on its side and places the cutting edge of a machete on the turtle's underside. Unknown location. Poor copy. -
Camping next to car, 1925
Two men stand next to their car and campsite. Photos originally belonged to Boyne McPherson (1894-1962) and according to the South Florida Developer newspaper (5 May 1925), McPherson (on right) and Roscoe "Bus" Bell took a six month trip to the northwest states starting in May of 1925. -
Camping scene, c. 1950
Harry Dyer and Jim Pomeroy at a temporary camp with several hunting dogs and their woods buggy. -
Meal time, c. 1950
Meal time at temporary hunting campsite.