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Hotel Danforth postcard, 1914
Color postcard of "Danforth House" labeled "Stuart, Fla. Hotel Danforth on the St. Lucie"
Low quality scan.Tags Hotels -
Hotel St. Lucie and annex, c. 1920
The St. Lucie Hotel annex, the St. Lucie Hotel, and water tower stand. Pier on beach. Noted as the being at the end of St. Lucie Avenue. -
Hotel St. Lucie annex, 1925
View of the St. Lucie Hotel Annex being prepped for being moved. The building was at the end of St. Lucie Avenue and was moved in July 1925 to facilitate access to the river. Also visible is the Sanitary Barber Shop proprietor H.D. Bailey; Bailey sold this business in 1925. -
House with palm tree coming through front stoop, c. 1925
House with large palm tree growing in staircase. -
Hungarian refugees, 1957
Eight people in front of the Lyric Theatre, with the taxi company and the "colored entrance" in view. In January 1957, six refugees from Hungary were brought to Stuart by the Catholic Relief Services. Left to right: Ferenc Nagy, Maria Nagy, Rozalia Csizmadia, Terez Kneifel, Pal Toth, Laszlo Kneifel, and two unidentified men.
In 1956, an uprising broke out in Hungary against the Soviet-backed communist government. The USSR responded with violent force, crushing the opposition and prompting many Hungarians to flee the country. James Henry Rand, a wealthy winter resident of Stuart, helped several refugee immigrant families who arrived in January 1957, often in the middle of the night. -
Hunting portrait, c. 1916
Jim Boggan and John E. Taylor (on right) pose next to two hanging deer at a hunting camp. -
In Between Bites, Jensen Beach history sheet, c. 1973
Short histories of Jensen Beach, including John Jensen, All Saints Church, the Schuyler family, Dr. McClinton, and the Pitchford family. Chart of waters around Jensen Beach on back, with ad from Captain Gene's Bait Box. -
In boat on Bessey Creek, c. 1913
Three adults and two children in a boat at the mouth of Bessey Creek. The younger child on the left identified as Raymond Glass. The older child identified as Lydia Glass but this may be the eldest Glass child, Charles Sylvanus instead (as this does not look like the other photographs of Lydia around this age). The woman on the left may be Edith Kitching Glass.
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Installing "Keep off" sign to Jensen fishing pier, 1986
County employee hammers a sign onto the Jensen Causeway pier: "Danger Keep Off." The pier was closed in Jan 1986 after the insurance carrier discontinued coverage due to poor condition.