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Otto Stypmann and family, c. 1920
Otto Stypmann (1850-1929), another man, and two women.Tags Florida-Stuart -
Martin County creation celebration, 1926
Crowd on people and cars.
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. -
"Florida Growers" parade float featuring pineapples and grapefruit, 1926
Parade float of pineapples and grapefruit by Florida Growers, Inc., which was organized in 1922 by Carroll Dunscombe and was the largest producer of pineapples in Florida at the time.
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. -
St. Lucie Estates car decorated for parade, 1926
Car decorated with streamers. Handwritten on back: "Lyons Collection" -
Hobe Sound Civic Center building fund celebration, 1988
Crowd of people releasing balloons. 18 May 1988 on back.Tags Celebrations -
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Girl scout group around piano, 1949
Brownie Troop of girl scouts at the Presbyterian Church on Osceola. Betty Kay Dehon, brownie scout leader, playing piano. -
Girl scouts with cookies, c. 1958
Junior and Brownie girl scouts surround a table with boxes of cookies. -
Cooking school at Civic Center, 1951
Large audience of mostly women. Exhibit of empty refrigerators along back wall with sign for Hall's Electric Service. Published in the Stuart News (15 Nov 1951) with the caption: "The highly popular cooking school, officially dubbed 'the electric appliance exposition and cooking demonstrations,' will be presented again in Stuart Nov. 28 and 29, the sponsoring Florida Power and Light Company here announce this week. The school will be held at Stuart Civic Center from 3-4:30pm on Nov. 28 and 3-4:30pm on Nov. 29. Mrs. Lottie Pierce and Mrs. Jeannie Farrell, both of the West Palm Beach FP&L office, will be in charge. Six local appliance dealers will display their wares. There will be no admission charges, all food that the two leaders prepare will be given away and there will be a series of door prizes, it was announced. Above are two scenes from last year's school here. At left, the crowd watches as (at right) one of the demonstrators pulls a neat roast from the oven." -
FPL Home Demonstration at Civic Center, 1952
Women standing behind a table with cakes. Left to right: Jean Parker Crankshaw, Cecia Mae Greene, Dorothy Anderson (behind), Alice Gilson, Helen Cyerks, two unidentified.Tags Eating & drinking