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  • Rev. Robert Harmon at First Presbyterian Church in Stuart (North River Shores).
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  • Ad for general merchandise store on Flagler Avenue, advertising high grade stationery, soda fountain and confectionery, and drugs, features a photograph of stores on Flagler Avenue.

  • Sylvanus Kitching, brother of Walter, Broster, and Susanna Kitching.

  • One story house with cupola, with many children in the yard. A young man gathers cocoanuts. Labeled "Sebastian."

  • Cleveland Kitching (1886-1958) with large fish. Kitching operated a fish house on George Parks' Gulf Oil dock and was postmaster of Rio from 23 July 1908 to 30 Jan 1909.
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  • Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 89) with the caption: "Young Emma Michael was visiting her brothers on the Indian River when she met Englishman Walter Kitching, a handsome trade boat captain twice her age. They were married in 1894 and became beloved and respected citizens of Stuart (Emma Taylor Ashley).

  • Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 99) with the caption: "After the death of their mother, Martha [Maskery] Kitching, in 1906, 9-year-old [Ladye] Agnes and 13-year-old Sylvia lived with their sister Florida and her husband, Jack ["J.A.Y."] Speirs, in Stuart. Jack, a contractor, built the Osceola Building on Osceola Street at St. Lucie Avenue as well as several fine residences that still stand. Florida, as city clerk from 1923 to 1927, was the first woman to hold public office in Stuart. (Susan Barker Leek)"

    Ladye Agnes and Sylvia were the children of Sylvanus and Martha Kitching; Sylvanus was the brother of Walter and Broster Kitching.

  • Published in Sandra Thurlow's Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 98) with the caption: "Edith Kitching Glass doted upon her first child, Sylvanus, who became blind after a childhood illness. He went to special schools and eventually attended the University of Florida. (Lydia Glass Mann)"

  • Stanley Kitching at a small desk. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 100) with the caption: "Stanley Kitching attends to duties connected with the St. Lucie River Yacht Club he founded in 1916. The club flourished until the clubhouse was destroyed in the 1928 hurricane. Its pilings are still visible from Flagler Park (Susan Barker Leek)"

  • Florida Kitching Rembert (1884-1970), city clerk for Stuart from 1923 to 1927, with catch.
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