Martin Digital History

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  • Flora Frazier Dyer (1878-1937) moved to Martin County with her family in 1887 when she was nine years old. She later married Harry Armstrong Dyer and had several children. Flora was a photographer and painter. She ran the Dyer Dry Goods Store while her husband was undergoing treatments for tuberculosis in New Mexico. Flora also started her own commercial plant business, growing and shipping roses. Her business was named Virginia Gardens, after her youngest daughter.
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  • Portrait of Jackson H. McDonald (1900-1939). After graduating from Stuart High School in 1918, he attended University of Florida and was a member of the Army Reserve. He then taught at Stuart High School while living in Palm City. After serving as principal of Titusville High School for five years, he then worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
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  • During WWI, the American Red Cross led a program, "Knit Your Bit," which encouraged women to knit for soldiers. Flora Frazier Dyer (1878-1937) photographed her 3 year old daughter, Virginia, knitting and enclosed the photo and a note along with the knitted items for a soldier. The story is that the photograph was used in publicity instead of being sent to a soldier.
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  • Three little girls with dolls, daughters of the photographer. Myrtle Mabel Dyer (1899-1993), Hazel Marion Dyer Cressler (1902-1990), and Florence Dyer Ricou (1898-1982).
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  • The Dyer house with Flora and her three daughters in front, Myrtle Mabel Dyer (1899-1993), Hazel Marion Dyer Cressler (1902-1990), and Florence Dyer Ricou (1898-1982).
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  • Harry Armstrong Dyer (1872-1934) smoking a cigar on the back of the horse, Dick. Dyer rode this horse to Miami, often along the beach, when he sold Armour Fertilizer.
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  • Florence Dyer Ricou (1898-1982), Hazel Marion Dyer Cressler (1902-1990), Harry Armstrong Dyer (1872-1934), and Myrtle Mabel Dyer (1899-1993).
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  • Self portrait of Flora Frazier Dyer (1878-1937) with camera. The Frazier family moved to Martin County in 1887 when Flora was nine years old. She later married Harry Dyer and had several children. Dyer was a photographer, ran the Dyer Dry Goods Store while her husband was undergoing treatments for tuberculosis in New Mexico, and grew and sold roses commercially (her business was named Virginia Gardens).
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  • Harry Armstrong Dyer (1872-1934). Dyer moved to homestead in the Palm City area in 1891 for health reasons. He married Flora Frazier in 1897, and they had several children. He worked for the Armour Fertilizer Company, first traveling regularly to Miami on horseback, then on motorcycle. In 1914, Dyer opened a dry goods store in Stuart (which remained in operation for 68 years), and served as mayor from 1928 to 1931. In his later years, he spent much of his time in New Mexico, seeking cures for his tuberculosis.
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  • Probably Margarette Melissa Dufour Frazier (1851-1929) in wicker chair, Flora Frazier Dyer's mother. "Grandma" handwritten on back.
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