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Chrysanthemum farm, c. 1960

Three women pose at a Stuart chrysanthemum flower farm. Message written on back of postcard reads "Greeting to You, Vern. How are you? These chrysanthemums are raised just north of Stuart which is 11 miles north of us. The stretch of there (sic) flowers is very beautiful. At night, they have lights all around the whole lots with net covering all over the top. It is a lovely sight especially at night with the lights on. I'll bet your gardens are beautiful now. Hope you keep [?] Vern, you have so much to do. We both send our love, Chas & Adele."

Tags Cut flower industry, Flowers, Nurseries (Horticulture)

City Dock, Stuart, 1914

Boats along the city pier. Posted from Stuart on March 13, 1914 to Montana.

Tags Waterways

City of Bradenton train, c. 1960

Old wood burning locomotive at the entrance of Waterfront Park on 10th Street in Bradenton, Florida.

Tags Railroad trains

City Park, Stuart, Florida, c. 1935

View of City Park, which was located between Flagler Avenue and Osceola Street in downtown Stuart (where the Pressel Building, built in 1940, stands in 2023). The Park has two chickee style pavilions with wood benches and tables under them. A few people are sitting on benches and several others are playing shuffleboard.

Tags Florida-Stuart, Parks, Shuffleboard

Clement's Restaurant, 1946

Front exterior view of L. C. Clement's Restaurant (previously Fred's Lunch Room) located on US Hwy 1 near Frazier Creek in Stuart, Florida. The restaurant signage advertises steak, chops, southern fried chicken, seafood, and breakfast. A man stands in front of the entrance. Postmarked in West Palm Beach on October 3rd, 1946. Postcard sent to Miss Lena Shaw in St. Johnsbury, Vermont from "Mildred."

This restaurant was located on U.S. 1 south of the Frazier Creek bridge. Originally built by the Pittman family and called the "Supreme Service Lunch Room"; on 10 May 1931, two staff and two of the Pittman family were killed when the building exploded due to improperly installed gas tanks. The Pittman family rebuilt the restaurant, with a new manager, Freddie Mae Pittman Crawford; by 1938 it was called "Fred's Lunch Room." It was sold in January 1946 to Lamuel C. Clements, former principal of Stuart High School (1938-1942) and his new wife, Eva Hayes Clements, a dietician. The business was renamed "Clement's Restaurant." Soon after, Clements sold the restaurant to Bertha and Ben Goddard, who renamed it "Goddard's Restaurant" in April 1947, adjacent to the Goddard's Sailsport Docks. The building was demolished when U.S. 1 was widened in the 1960s.

Tags Florida-Stuart, Restaurants