Martin Digital History

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The dining room at the Sunrise Inn Key Club in Stuart. Image shows white table clothed tables and tropical plants painted on the walls. The back side has a note written in pen dated Sunday 3/14/54 and lists several names (perhaps people that dined at the Key Club on this date): Mr. & Mrs, Beverdge, Mr. Perkins, Mr. & Mrs. L. Brussles, and Mr. & Mrs. Norrell.
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  • View of pier on the St. Lucie River from The Pelican Hotel in Stuart with two palm trees and a couple Adirondack chairs.
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  • Exterior view of the Sunrise Inn Key Club building in Stuart. This Spanish-style structure includes a covered exterior stairwell with cut-out windows. In about 1945, the Sunrise Inn was purchased by the Key Club, Inc. of Chicago, Andrew Berkey, president. He sold the property in 1963 to Fred Schlock of the Hastings Square Hotel Co., who then sold the property in 1972.
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