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Dixie Photo Service, Lake Worth, c. 1920
Dixie Photo Service, with signs "Kodakery" and "Kodak Finishing." -
Five laughing women, c. 1930
Five laughing women seated on the running board of a car. -
Frank Coventry and son John in water, 1924
Franklin Coventry (1891–1926) and John F. Coventry (1918–1984) in water -
Frank Coventry and son John, 1924
Franklin Coventry (1891–1926) and John F. Coventry (1918–1984) seated on bench. The Coventry family owned and operated the Coventry Hotel, built 1914, and the Coventry apartments, built in 1922. Frank Coventry was the proprietor of the hotel until 1917. In 1915, Frank was in his car outside the Stuart Bank at the corner of St. Lucie Avenue and Osceola Street when the Ashley Gang robbed the bank, and commandeered his car and his services as a driver. In 1917, Frank opened a ferry service between Jensen Beach (then Gosling) and Stuart. The ferry served as many as 500 cars a month until the auto bridge opened in January 1918. Frank then worked for the Pure Oil Company as a fuel dealer for gas stations. During the 1920s, prohibition-era, Frank was involved in "bootlegging" activities, and was arrested and fined several times. In 1924, he was shot by Jesse Quinn, another bootlegger, recovered, but was then killed by Quinn in 1926. -
John and John Coventry, 1938
John F. Coventry (1918–1984) and grandfather John D. Coventry (1857–1938).Tags Florida-Stuart -
John F. Coventry in military uniform, 1942
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Mae and Edith Coventry on beach, c. 1935
Two women on the beach, Charlotte Mae Coventry Axtell (1913–1997) and Edith Brown Coventry (1890–1979) -
Mae and John Coventry family, c. 1916
Young Charlotte Mae Coventry Axtell (1913–1997) on the shoulder of grandfather John D. Coventry (1857–1938). -
Merrie Lee Axtell Reese and Thumper Reese, 1961
Portrait of couple for holiday card. Merrie Lee Coventry Axtell Reese (b. 1943) and George "Thumper" Reese.Tags Florida-Stuart -
