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Display of sea bass caught in the St. Lucie Inlet, 1908
"Sea Bass caught at St. Lucie Inlet. No better fishing exists today." Listed in FPC record book 1 as "543 St. Lucie Bass." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.Tags Fish -
Ducks on the water, 1923
"The wind is blowing on the Indian River - Ducks seek the lee shore." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Field of cabbage, c. 1918
Labeled "1923 Crop of Cabbage on Mayor Ricou's Big Truck Farm Near Stuart." However, a very similar photo is no. 7108, more likely taken c. 1918, of Whyte's Farm Scenes.
Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Field of peppers, 1923
"Mayor Ricou's peppers as they looked the first week of January 1923." Several men in a field of pepper plants. Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Fish houses at Salerno, 1923
"The many fish houses at Salerno, near Stuart, Fla. Salerno is only two miles from Inlet." A man looks at several large buildings, one of which displays "F. B. Johnson and Sons." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.Tags Packing plants -
Fruit packing plant in White City, c. 1919
"Interior of fruit packing plant at White City, near Stuart, Florida on the north fork of the St. Lucie River." Large building with belts and men filling boxes. Listed in FPC record book 2 (G) as "7507-20 Grapefruit in Pack House Wabasso L." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Grapefruit tree, 1910
Grapefruit on a tree.
Listed in Florida Photographic Concern record book 1 (p. 33) as "927 Williams Grapefruit, W. Ft. Pierce, 1910 HEH."
Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.
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Grove of citrus trees, 1916
"A young grove of great promise in this inlet district, near Stuart." Man standing amid field of trees. Oranges or grapefruit trees.
Recorded in the Florida Photographic Concern record book #2 (PDF page 57) as "6696-Seminole Grove (1916) Fort Pierce Farms-Lowell"
Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Hanging sides of beef, 1923
"Two sides of beef, showing that cattle reach good marketable size here." Two men with hanging sides of meat. Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. -
Hobe Sound, 1923
"View of Hobe Sound, near Stuart, Fla." Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.