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  Lyric Theatre, 1938

  Front exterior view of The Lyric Theatre. There is a "Coming Soon" window advertisement which displayed the movie poster for The Buccaneer, which was directed by Cecil B. Demille and starred Frederick March, released in 1938. A few automobiles are parked in front of the theatre and a couple of people walk on the street.

  Tags Automobiles, Florida-Stuart, Theaters
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  Lyric Theatre, c. 1927

  Cars parked in front of the Lyric Theatre on Flagler Avenue, Stuart, Florida. The theatre opened in 1926. Next door is the Moore & Hartman Grocery store, which operated between 1924 and 1929.
  
  Colorized photo, reproduced c. 1965.

  Tags Automobiles, Business districts, Streets
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  Man chased up a palm, 1936

  Black man chased up a palm tree by a large alligator. Caption on postcard uses racist and exaggerated mock dialect: "’Honey, Come Down,' We'se waitin fo' you in Florida.’” Similar postcard made with a black baby chased up a tree by an alligator as well.

  Tags African Americans, Alligators, Racism
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  Man eating alligator, c. 1934

  An alligator eats a black man in the Florida Everglades. Racist and dehumanizing gallows humor used in caption: "Free lunch in the Everglades, Florida."

  Tags African Americans, Alligators, Racism
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  Man with pineapples, c. 1907

  Man holds several pineapples as he stands in a pineapple field.

  Tags Pineapple plantations, Pineapples
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  Marina in Port Salerno, c. 1965

  Boats docked at marina in Port Salerno.

  Tags Boats, Marinas, Piers & wharves, Waterways
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  Marina in Port Salerno, Florida, c. 1985

  View of a marina in Port Salerno, Florida. A boat or yacht named "Lisa Ann" (out of Port Salerno) in the foreground. Many other boats and piers visible in the marina background.

  Tags Boats, Florida-Port Salerno, Waterways
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  Martin County Courthouse, Florida, c. 1945

  Martin County Courthouse, built 1937.

  Tags Courthouses
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  Martin County High School, c. 1940

  Buildings and palm trees at Martin County High School in Stuart.
  
  Postcard sent from Corporal R. M. Ralstin at Camp Murphy to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ralstin in Penn Township, Indiana.

  Tags Buildings, Schools
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  Martin County Hospital, c. 1940

  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.

  Tags Buildings, Florida-Stuart, Hospitals