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Alligator Joe postcards, c. 1905
"Alligator Joe," Warren Frazee (1873-1915) operated an attraction near the gilded hotels of Palm Beach from the late 1890s until 1915. He also opened another attraction in Miami in 1906 and toured northern cities. -
Albert B. Chandler 1903
In 1960s, documents were found in the attic of recently deceased Mary Chandler, Salerno, concerning espionage and other activities during the U.S. Civil War. The documents belonged to Albert B. Chandler (1840-1923) who developed and ciphers for transmitting confidential messages as the confidential telegrapher for Lincoln. Mary Chandler's husband, Frank Chandler was A.B. Chandler's nephew, but it is unknown how they came to have possession of the papers or where they were located after 1960. Photo from Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume II. Lewis Publishing Company (New York, NY), 1903. Facing page 328. -
Perle S. Thomas and family, c. 1921
-Mother Lamyra Williams Thomas, Vedder Thomas, baby Elizabeth held by her father Perle Thomas, and oldest son Otho Thomas.
-Interior of the Thomas Grocerteria, located on the ground floor of the Crystal Palace in Fort Pierce (opened 1921).
-Portrait of Perle Sylvester Thomas (1883-1927). In 1927, Thomas was murdered by U.S. Border Patrol Inspectors when they were conducting illegal search stops, saying they were looking for illegal immigrants. The agents were in an unmarked car, flagging down motorists on Dixie Highway at night. After Thomas did not stop, they followed him and fired into the car. Three of federal agents were arrested immediately and found guilty after a trial. Fred Brownlee of Hobe Sound, was given the death penalty (commuted to 8 years in prison in 1934 and he was released in 1938) and two others found guilty of second degree murder and given life in prison (they were paroled in 1930).
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Construction at Palm City Park, 1986
Martin Downs residential community developers (Southern Realty Group) expanded Palm City Park and added a baseball field. The baseball field was dedicated in July 1986. -
New Palm City Post Office, 1987
New Palm City Post Office building, which opened in April 1986 at the corner of Mapp Road and Martin Highway (SR 714) and operated until 2004. -
Palm City Post Office, 1987
Second Palm City Post Office. The original post office building was damaged by the 1949 hurricane. Vermelle Fulton Baker served as postmaster at the time and the front part of her home became the new Palm City Post Office. Around 1956, the building was moved to Mapp Road. By the 1980s, the small building was no longer sufficient for the growing Palm City population and a new, larger building opened at the corner of Mapp Road and Martin Highway (SR 714) in April 1986. -
Palm City Fruit Farms map, c. 1922
Palm City Fruit Farms property map. Standard Realty Development Co. (West Palm Beach).Tags Maps -
Palm City real estate brochure, c. 1955
Real Estate brochure for Palm City.Tags Real estate business -
Hunting portrait, c. 1916
Jim Boggan and John E. Taylor (on right) pose next to two hanging deer at a hunting camp. -
Descendants of Elias Simmons, c. 1923
Published in A Pictorial History of Palm City, Florida, written by Sandra Thurlow and Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch (p. 49) with caption reading "Descendants of Elias Simmons pose for the camera around 1923. (Left to right, back row) Leona Smith holding Miriam, Minnie Belle Ross Simmons, Urah Ross, Donald Ross, Fred Ross, Lucille Ross Witham. (Children in front) Stella Smith, Eva Bell Smith, and Kate Witham."
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