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Flagler Avenue, Stuart, Florida, c. 1945
Stores along Flagler Avenue, including Stuart Department Store, Victory Hotel and Marine Room and Beach Club, and Johns Dry Cleaners.
The arcade building was remodeled and renamed "Victory Hotel" in 1942, and the Marine Room and Beach Club opened in 1944. Stuart's Department Store operated from 1938 to 1984, and was formerly Eckess and Kitching & Eckess. -
Flagler Avenue, the block north of St. Lucie Avenue, c. 1925
Includes on the far right, Kitching & Eckess's store (opened 1922). The Peacock Arcade (later the Victory Hotel) would be built in early 1926 next door.
Labels written by unknown hand identifies some of the buildings, including Capt. Thomas Hogarth's house (where the Peacock Arcade would be built; label also indicates the building was moved and used by Stanley Kitching), Morris John's store, Broster and Susan Kitching, and Parks Store.
This is a portion of a photo published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950), with the caption "Before the boomtime building of the Victory Hotel the riverfront home of Stanley Kitching was viewed from Flagler as shown above. The two-story building to the north housed a drygoods store and later a poolroom and has since been razed. Shortly after this picture was taken Flagler was widened which entirely changed the picture of this main street. All buildings (except the Stuart Department Store then owned by Kitching) had to be moved back and several were torn down."
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Float in parade celebrating establishment of Martin County, 1926
Parade float of covered car, bathtub on back with young Black child in it. Sign on side: "We believe in Stuart Clean-Up. Let this be the only Black spot in town. Stuart Transfer Co." Stuart Transfer Company opened in 1925 on Flagler Avenue, then moved to the Lyric Theatre building in March 1926. They were a hauling company.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as a special guest. -
Flora and Henry Hipson at beach, c. 1930
Wife Flora Cassandra McCrary Hipson (1892-1983) and husband Henry Hazedale Hipson Sr. (1896-1959) in bathing suits on the beach.
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Flora Cassandra McCrary Hipson, c. 1910
Portrait of young woman, Flora Cassandra McCrary Hipson (1892-1983).
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Florence and Lynn Auerbach, 1955
Florence Auerbach holding her young daughter, Lynn. Scan from low quality print.Tags Children -
Florence Auerbach throwing her wedding bouquet, 1946
Newly married Florence Kanarek Auerbach (1918-2022), with her new husband Max Auerbach (1918-2004) and guests, throws her bouquet over a balcony at the George Washington Hotel in West Palm Beach. -
Floretta Bartlett at book sale, 1986
Floretta Bartlett was instrumental in running and organizing book sales for the Martin County Library Association. -
Floretta Bartlett in her Nurses Aid outfit, 1945
Floretta Bartlett in her nurses' aid uniform, taken at her graduation. -
Floretta Bartlett tax collector campaign card, c. 1962
Floretta Bartlett was with the Tax Collector's office for 20 years, and filled the position of Tax Collector for 13 months (1961-1962) when the tax collector died.Tags Political campaigns