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Man with an Atlantic goliath grouper, 1935
A man stands next to his catch, an Atlantic goliath grouper caught in the Indian River. Low quality print. -
Mango tree orchard, c. 1909
Mango tree orchard in Miami.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 33) as "922 Mango Trees in fruit, Miami, Fla., 5.7, single, FGH" -
Marlin display, c. 1945
Two men and two women pose with their catch of four marlins at a wooden sign labeled "Ft. Pierce, Fla. Yacht Basin" Low quality print. -
Men with their catch, 1912
Four men in front of their car with a line of fish. Low quality print. -
New Year's picnic dinner, January 1913
Large gathering and long table filled with food for a New Year's picnic dinner in Palm City. Caption written beneath the image reads "Just Before New Years Dinner 1913."
The Palm Beach County Land Company ran advertisements in the Palm Beach newspapers, offering a free New Years dinner to those interested in buying land at $50 per acre in Palm City (Palm City Farms at the time). As seen in the photograph, many people took advantage of the offer and made the trip from West Palm to partake in the picnic dinner and set eyes on the land up for purchase at Palm City Farms.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 147) as "4576 Dinner table, Chillingworth, Palm City, Fla., FGH" -
Open field with hammock, c. 1910
Grassy field with palm tree hammock. Property identified as the Judge Andrews Tract, west of Fort Pierce.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 95) as "2906 Prairie Scenes on Andrews Tract, West, Ft. Pierce, HEH" -
Orange blossoms, 1904
Cutting of orange blossom flowers.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 21) as "515 Orange Blossoms, (copyright 1904)"Tags Flowers -
Oranges ready to Ship, c. 1909
Oranges packed in crates at the Dixie Almond's packing house in Ft. Pierce.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 34) as "949 Interior Almond's Packing House, HEH" -
Palm Beach County High School, c. 1910
Brick building with bell tower, Palm Beach County High School.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 83) as "2638 School building, West Palm Beach, Fla." -
Palm City dock, November 1912
Palm Beach County Land Company dock in Palm City with sign reading "Palm City Everybody Welcome." Photograph taken before a ferry made trips to the area and two years before a post office was established.
Charles C. Chillingworth purchased the land that would become Palm City in 1910 and established the Palm Beach County Land Company, where he served as president. He called the area Palm City Farms and started soliciting sales of the land parcels with advertisements in newspapers all over the country.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 143) as "4435 Palm Beach Co. Land Co., Stuart Palm City, Lowell"