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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) -
Pineapples planted under shed cover, c. 1922
Vast planting of pineapples covered by a shed. Postmarked in Hemlock, New York on August 15, 1922. Message written to Leatha Worde in Toledo, Ohio from "Jennie." -
Grapefruit tree, c. 1920
Grapefruit branches with smiling young girl in floral hat and burgundy velvet dress holding orange tree branches added to the foreground. Front caption reads "There is always sunshine in Florida. Scene in grape fruit orchard." Postmark was stamped in Stuart on a July 2nd but the year is cutoff (not stamped completely). -
Road along Indian River, c. 1935
Palm tree lined dirt road along the Indian River in Florida. A car on a dirt road with a sidewalk. Two men stand near the river's edge, one with a fishing rod. There is a sailboat and a boathouse with a dock seen in the distance. -
Banana trees, c. 1913
Rows of planted banana trees. Postmarked from Stuart on July 19, 1913. Message written in pencil sent to Ireland, Washington. -
Lobby of the Stuart Hotel, c. 1950
Lobby of The Stuart Hotel. Lobby has sitting area made up of wicker furniture in front of a fireplace. A sailfish is mounted above the fireplace. The registration desk is seen in the background. -
Triplet palms, Jensen Beach, c. 1910
Three palms intertwined on the shore of the Indian River in Jensen Beach. Behind the palms are views of blue sky, a boat house with a dock, and a few boats on the river. Postmarked from Port Orange, Florida on September 5th, 1910. -
St. Lucie River view from Dudley-Bessey House, c. 1910
Shore of St. Lucie River with dock and palm trees. Sailboat and canoe seen on river, man stands under a palm tree, and two women walk on the dock. Front caption reads "Stuart, Fla. Glimpse of the St. Lucie River from Dudley's." This caption may refer to the Dudley-Bessey house which was built in 1909 for Phillip B. H. Dudley and was later owned by Hubert W. Bessey. -
Bank of Stuart and Feroe Block, 1915
View of the Stuart Bank and Feroe Block. The Stuart Drug Co. and The French Porter Williams Real Estate business occupy the Feroe building at the time this photo was taken.
The Feroe building was built in 1913 and housed the Stuart Post Office in the corner downstairs store from 1915 to 1925. The French, Porter, & Williams Real Estate and Brokerage was established in Jan 1915 (formerly French, Hogarth, & Co.) and dissolved Feb 1916. -
Spanish style house with palms, c. 1940
Unidentified house with Spanish-style architecture with a row of coconut palms and other shrubbery in front. Man in coveralls and newsboy cap walking along side of house. Obscured view of an car in background behind the house.