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Dugan's Sundry Store, 1938
Lettie Wiley Dugan (1894-1976), standing in the doorway of Dugan's store in the Post Office Arcade. Magazines, fruit, and jellies are on display; sign above door advertises a lending library; Red Cross bulletin board outside. Herbert and Lettie Dugan owned and operated this sundries store between about 1923 and 1946. They also owned clothing stores, including the Little Dress Shop and Frock and Frill Fashions.
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Henry Newton Gaines, c. 1925
Henry Newton Gaines (1858-1928) arrived in Stuart from Kansas in 1912. After convincing a Kansas friend, J.R. Greenless, to buy about 5,000 acres to be developed as Tropical Farms, Gaines built a model farm and sold lots. He was the first chairman of the Board of County Commissioners (1925).
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Henry Newton Gaines with citrus tree, 1913
Henry Newton Gaines (1858-1928) convinced a friend in Kansas, J.R. Greenless, to buy about 5,000 acres, to be developed as Tropical Farms, Gaines built a model farm and sold lots. He was the first chairman of the Board of County Commissioners (1925).
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Henry Newton Gaines home in Tropical Farms development, c. 1920
Small house in the Tropical Farms development.
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Robert and Irene Gaines McPherson, 1937
Couple standing near a tree.
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Irene Gaines McPherson with fish, c. 1918
Irene Gaines McPherson holding two fish. She was the assistant postmistress of Stuart for many years.
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Julia Gaines and sister Elizabeth Devine, 1936
Julia Devine Gaines (1863-1953) and sister Elizabeth Devine (1866-1961) -
Lone dog on St. Lucie Avenue, c. 1935
A small dog on the sidewalk on St. Lucie Avenue. From left, St. Lucie Hotel, entrance to city dock, the Osceola Building with Atlantic & Pacific (A&P) (1933-1945), the building that originally housed the Bank of Stuart.
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Children's performance at bandstand, c. 1935
A group of children perform at the bandstand while other children watch. This bandstand was alongside the Minschke building in a small park, dedicated Feb 1928, replaced by the Pressel building in 1940.
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Thatched hut next door to St. Mary's Church, c. 1935
Published in Alice Lockhardt's book, Stuart: Images of America (p. 94) with the caption: "Added next door to the new St. Mary's Episcopal Church was a special thatched structure that could be used for large church meetings, pageants, and shows put on by different members of the congregation. This mid-1930s photograph shows children in front of the structure and the church to the right." The thatched structure was referred to as the Parish House. Its front windows were salvaged from the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach
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