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Group seated on the steps of the Gilbert's Bar Yacht Club, c. 1925
Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Sewall's Point (p. 92), with the caption: "Pioneer families sit on the steps of Gilbert's Bar Yacht Club. Frederick Willis, in the cardigan sweater, is at the top of the stairs."Tags Yacht clubs -
Gilbert's Bar Yacht Club, c. 1935
The Gilbert's Bar Yacht Club was established in 1895. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Sewall's Point (p. 90). -
St. Lucie River Yacht Club, c. 1925
Large building on the end of a pier. Built in 1916, the clubhouse was a social center for much of the community until it was demolished in the 1928 hurricane. -
St. Lucie River Yacht Club, c. 1920
Yacht club, built 1918, destroyed in 1928 hurricane. -
St. Lucie Yacht Club membership cards, c. 1925
St. Lucie River Yacht Club membership cards issued to Sylvia M. Barker in 1925 and 1927. Sylvia Barker's brother, Stanley Kitching, helped found the St. Lucie Yacht Club and served as its first Commodore.
Membership card from 1927, published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie: A Pictorial History (p. 100). -
St. Lucie Inlet Yacht Club, 1959
Cars on the beach near floating St. Lucie Inlet Yacht Club and sailboats. -
Yacht club view from the water, Winter 1923
Large building on the water with moored boats. Photo published in the February 1923 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXV, No. 2). Edythe Willoughby contributed an article to this issue of the magazine, titled “Cruising Northward in the Spring” about traveling in their houseboat named “Dorothy” from Miami, Florida to Newport, Rhode Island. Photo captioned in the article as “The Corinthian yacht club at Essington, PA.” -
Yacht docked at St. Lucie Yacht Club, 1924
Col. Henry Savage's yacht docked at the St. Lucie Yacht Club. Handwritten on back: "Savage's boat docked from New York City, 1924." Henry Savage filmed his 1916 Robinson Crusoe film in the Stuart area. Savage also owned a winter home called "Two Rivers" on Sewall's Point. -
A brief history of the Hobe Sound Yacht Club, c. 1955
A brief history of the Hobe Sound Yacht Club by Ralph M. Roosevelt. -
St. Lucie River Yacht Club, c. 1923
Yacht club with sailboat at pier. Built 1918, destroyed in 1926 hurricane.