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  • Four views of the Lighthouse Restaurant in Stuart. Top left shows exterior of building with its red and white paint scheme and decorative lighthouse. Top right panel presents an interior view of the restaurant with floral curtains, white table clothed tables, and bright yellow chairs. The bottom left image captures another view of the interior with bright orange and yellow stripes on the wall and a jute box. The bottom right panel includes the bar with its rounded counter design and many bar stool chairs. The center portion of the card has a sailfish jumping out of water. Caption on the back reads: "The Lighthouse Restaurant/Stuart, FLA./ Located on U.S. Highway No. 1. Enjoy yourself at the Lighthouse where the fishermen meet at the Lighthouse Bar, rest in the Sailfish Room Cocktail Lounge, and stay at The Lighthouse Hotel. WE SPECIALIZE IN SEA FOODS AT THEIR BEST-Pompano, Lobster, Shrimp, Oysters, and Clams-- Stone Crabs-- Steaks and chops. Sailfishing Charter Fleet berthed at our docks. Phone 228 for reservations. Lighthouse, Inc./Charles A Lintell, Pres. -- Edwin Goode, Sec'y. George S. Wilkinson, Mgr."
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  • View of "Gulfstream" boat with three people on board and a sailfish being reeled in out of the St. Lucie Inlet. Back caption reads "The Leaping Sail/One of the most beautiful and spectacular of all game fish. Sailfishing a specialty -- Bahama trips -- River fishing. The Whiticar Fleet/ Capt. A.A. Whiticar & Sons, RR# I/ Phone 715 -- Stuart, FLA. Boats dock at Port Sewall, nearest to inlet."
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  • Aerial view of Sunrise Inn & Club in Stuart with the St. Lucie River and many boats docked in front of the inn. Many flags line the dock area and many trees can be seen covering the land behind the inn.

    The back caption reads "Sunrise Inn & Club, Stuart, Florida. Sailfish Capital of the World, 35 miles north of Palm Beach. Located opposite Buoy 14 on the Inland Waterway. Private Ocean Beach, pool, tennis, golf, cottages, apartments. Owned and operated by Essex & Sussex Hotel, Spring Lake, N. J. Fred F. Schlock, Manager. Telephone (305) 287-3111."

    The Sunrise Inn property was owned by Hastings Square Hotel Co. (president Fred S. Shock), which also owned Essex-Sussex Hotel at Spring Lake NJ, between 1963 and 1972.
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  • Expansive view of 12,000 tires stacked up for the Stuart Sailfish Club's Edgar Ernst Artificial Reef project which began in 1971. A child lays across several of the tires in this shot. This set of tires was dumped offshore of Stuart in September of 1975. Front caption reads "It is not hard to get tired out just thinking about the thousands of manhours which went into the filling and stacking of these 12,000 tires for the Stuart Sailfish Club's Edgar Ernst Artificial Reef. The club plans to dump these tires starting September 1, five miles offshore." Back caption reads "These tires plus 25,000 already on the bottom at the reef site have been most successful. Our thanks for your help in improving Stuart's offshore fishing, Tires on our reef produce FOOD, FUN, FISH, and NO POLLUTION."
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  • View of Gilbert's Bar and beach with House of Refuge in background. Back caption reads "House of Refuge -- Stuart/ The House of Refuge located on the beach, was a place for sailors that had been ship-wrecked to find food and lodging and protection from the elements."
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  • View of House of Refuge and Gilbert's Bar taken from beach. American flag flies from pole in front of House of Refuge.
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  • Front view of the Stuart Women's Club and Public Library building opened in 1934 on Albany Avenue. The Woman's Club used this building until 1958.
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  • View of several cottages at the Sunrise Inn in Stuart. Palm trees and green space are visible in front of the cottages.
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  • View of Martin County Hospital and front lawn with many palm trees, hedges, and other foliage.
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  • View of Martin County Hospital shortly after it opened in 1939. Palm trees and other plants in this image are fairly small and seem to have been planted around the time that the photo was taken. Message written in pencil from Jackie Lewis in Jensen Beach to Pat Gough in Chatham, New Jersey but postcard was never mailed.
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