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Display of the Martin County Sheriff at the Martin County Fair display, 1965
Display of a still and equipment used by the sheriff's department at the Martin County Fair, including barrels labeled "mash." Scan from low quality print. -
Law enforcement at still confiscation, c. 1958
Several men near a car surrounded by barrels. Scan from low quality print. -
Law enforcement at school bus still, c. 1958
Sheriff Roy C. Baker and Deputy Jim Mills, at a still on a school bus in the savannas. Scan from low quality print. -
Law enforcement at school bus still, c. 1958
State beverage agent Bill Eddy, Sheriff Roy C. Baker, and Deputy Jim Mills, at a still on a school bus in the savannas. Scan from low quality print. -
Law enforcement at school bus still, c. 1958
Deputy Jim Mills, Sheriff Roy C. Baker, and Bill Eddy, state beverage agent at a still on a school bus in the savannas. Scan from low quality print. -
Sheriff Baker and deputy James Holt examine moonshine, c. 1954
Deputies examine a trunk full of containers of moonshine. Scan from low quality print. -
Deputy Slater Grose with barrel, c. 1958
Sheriff Deputy with metal barrel, probably part of seized moonshine still raid. Slater Grose (1936-2007) served in the Martin County Sheriff's Office for 14 years, starting as the jailer and ending as the second in command under Sheriff Roy C. Baker. He was the first Marine Deputy. In 1974 he left the Sheriff's Dept. and worked at Stuart Paint and Supply. Scan from low quality print. -
Law enforcement with confiscated alcohol, c. 1958
Three law enforcement officers with beer and alcohol. Handwritten on back: Slater Grose, unidentified, and Roy C. Baker. Scan from low quality print. -
Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses initiation, 1949
Large group of men, many with military hats, many with tunics labeled "Brevard County," and many in striped prisoner costumes. Vehicles marked "40 hommes, 8 cheval." Part of the initiation for the Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses, which was founded in 1920, is an honor society for the American Legion, and members must be honorably discharged veterans and invited to join. Scan from low quality print. -
Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses initiation, 1949
A parade of men pulling a truck decorated as a train on Osceola Street, in front of Bess Hardware and Piggly Wiggly. Five men are in striped prisoner outfits, one is in a diaper, one man wears women's underwear and a sash with "Miss America 1949" on it, and two wear military hats. Part of the initiation for the Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses. The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses, founded in 1920, is an honor society for the American Legion, and members must be honorably discharged veterans and invited to join. The ceremony to initiate a new member was known as a "wreck." Scan from low quality print.