Published in the Stuart News (5 May 1955) with caption reading "Flowers Picked Today Reach N.Y. Tonight. Stan Smith, local grower, and Fred Strauss, manager of Witham Field, are loading flowers aboard a Riddle Air Lines plane, watched by Lucy Hupfel and Tommy Smith. A plane a day has gone out of here during this past week, with two plane-loads leaving Tuesday."
Gerald L. Knouse Wholesale Grower truck filled with boxes of flowers is parked next to a Riddle cargo plane. Note on back of print indicates that this image captures the first air cargo shipment of flowers, which occurred on February 12, 1953.
Group of men unload boxes of cut flowers from a cargo plane. Writing on the side of the plane includes "Riddle Aviation Co. Air Cargo New York Miami Puerto Rico."
