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Pineapple field, c. 1910
Pineapple field with two men harvesting pineapple. A basket of pineapples sits between the two laborers. Farm buildings seen in the background. -
Pineapple farm, c. 1908
Pineapple farm with field, structures, and trees in background. Message on back dated December 1st, 1915 to Howard Saxton in Union Springs, New York. Florida
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 29) as "785 Koblegard Bed in fruit, FGH" Photo not in postcard form at Thurlow-2025-039-hill-002 -
The France Apartments, c. 1930
The France Apartments in Stuart with view of cars parked in front and palm trees nearby. The France Apartments were built in 1927 and the renovated building is still in use (2023) as apartments known as The France on Frazier Creek. -
Stuart High School, c. 1940
Stuart High School with blue sky, green lawn, and a few trees. A few people are visible around the school. -
Osceola Street, Southeast view, c. 1948
Osceola Street in downtown Stuart showing parked cars and a few pedestrians. Businesses seen in the photo include P&L Stores Ltd. (established 1948, replaced by H.C. Pence by Dec 1949), Stuart Hardware Company, Horseshoe Bar (1943-1950), police station, and The Lyric Theatre. Postmarked in Stuart on March 10, 1950. Message sent to Bonnie Anderson In Blue Island, Illinois from "Edner." -
Atlantic Court Apartments, c. 1945
Atlantic Court Apartments in Stuart. Originally named the El Bit-Lor Apartments, this building was built by Bert A. Bittan and John E. Taylor and opened in 1926. These nineteen lavishly built apartments hosted many a fancy party and was touted as one of the finest apartment buildings on the East Coast. The building was repossessed in 1936 by the loan holder, Atlantic Bank, and renamed the Atlantic Court Apartments following the 1933 hurricane as well as the end of the 1920s land boom. A sidewalk with a fire hydrant and a street light as well as several parked vehicles and green space are visible near the apartments. -
Kimberly Apartments, c. 1935
Kimberly apartments in Stuart. Built in 1913, this building was sold in 1939 and the name was changed to the Riverview Apartments (located at Seminole Street and Colorado Avenue). There is a car parked beside the building (partially obscured by bushes) -
Pineapple harvest, c. 1921
View of pineapple field with two workers pushing wheel barrels full of pineapples. Body of water seen in the background. Postmarked from St. Petersburg, Florida on March 29, 1925. Message on back written to "Brother" John Muralf in Moscow, Iowa from "Sebastian".
Original image (without colorization) published in the Farmers Bulletin 1237: Pineapple Culture In Florida from the United States Department of Agriculture, which was issued in November 1921.
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Aerial view of Stuart and St. Lucie River, c. 2000
Aerial view looking northwest over Stuart near downtown with Roosevelt Bridge and St. Lucie river in background. -
Harvesting of oranges, c. 1950
Orange grove with several workers on tall ladders picking oranges and placing them in sacks worn across their shoulders. Crates filled with oranges are piled up at different spots along the row and machinery visible in the background. Back caption reads: "A typical scene of orange pickers during mid-winter in sunny Florida."