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Ricou Brothers Fish Company men with record catch of mackerel, 1923
"Mackerel, caught Jan 6, 1923, in Ocean near Stuart, Fla. These fish are shipped in barrels to New York."
Listed in Florida Photographic Concern record book 2 (M) as "7540 Mackerel Ft. Pierce."
Used in report 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. Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption: "A record catch of Spanish mackerel taken in a single day off the St. Lucie inlet by fishermen for the R.R. Ricou & Sons Co. of Jensen and Stuart. There were 100,000 pounds of fish in this haul. For twenty years commercial fishing has been one of the leading industries of these lower east coast communities."
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Seminole Grove citrus trees, 1919
"A Citrus Gold Mine, in this Inlet District, Tributary to Stuart, Fla." Oranges or grapefruit trees. Listed in FPC record book 2 (S) as "7373 Seminole Grove Ft. Pierce Farms 1919 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. -
Seminole man hunting, c. 1914
"The Seminoles used to own all of this land - Here is a hunter." Seminole man in palmettos holding a rifle. Listed in FPC record book 1 as "5118 Indian in Scrub with gun, Listening 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. -
Shoreline walk, 1923
"View North of West Palm Beach in this Inlet District." Beach, palms, and a trail. 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. -
St. Lucie Canal and dredge B.P. Clark, 1923
Typed on back: "The dredge BP Clark working on the great St. Lucie Control Canal two and three fourth miles west of the St. Lucie River, January 4, 1923. Canal as big as a river." Handwritten: "This dredge with his rock cutter is adapted for work on the Saint Lucie [?] 20 such suction dredge"
Canal and dredge, R.P. Clark. 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.
Negative number 8206 recorded in the Florida Photographic Concern record book 2 (PDF page 59) with the notation "8200-8225 Stuart Album Series L" -
St. Lucie Canal locks, 1923
"The St. Lucie Control Canal Locks at Lake Okeechobee." Crowd of people alongside a canal. 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. -
St. Lucie Canal with dredges, 1923
Several men stand on a platform in St. Lucie Canal, near a small boat and dredges, including the dredge R.P. Clark. 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. -
St. Lucie Inlet, 1923
"Anchorage basin - All but a small portion is deep water right now. Sunrise Inn at Port Sewall is shown in distance. Looking west, from the location of St. Lucie and Indian River. Only St. Lucie River water provides harbor where ships could safely anchor." 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 Waterways -
St. Lucie Inlet, 1923
"Another view of the anchorage basin to the Atlantic Ocean." 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 Waterways -
St. Lucie Inlet, 1923
"View of St. Lucie River - looking west toward Stuart. Woods' Point shows at left. Almost all is deep water right now, good anchorage." Woods' Point is now Snug Harbor. 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.