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Jensen students going on a plane ride, 1962
Jensen Beach sixth graders were given airplane rides on 15 Dec 1962 through the efforts of their principal, Ernest Varvil. Ernest "Ernie" Varvil (1925-2007) worked in the Martin County School System as a teacher, principal, and personnel director; he was also a pilot and an author. -
Ross Witham with baby turtle, c. 1962
Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 72) with the caption "Ross Witham's life changed one day in 1956 when he was walking on the beach south of the House of Refuge as therapy for a knee injury sustained during WWII. He came across a baby loggerhead turtle entangled in seaweed. The incident inspired a career in marine biology with particular emphasis on sea turtles. This photograph taken by Ed Glucker in the early 1960s, shows Ross with a turtle hatched from an egg incubated at the House of Refuge Museum."
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Ashley Gang movie scene, c. 1969
Scene filmed on Osceola Street for the "Little Laura and Big John" movie about the Ashley Gang. Actors sit in cars from the 1920's in front of Jerry's Bar as spectators watch the scene from the foreground. -
Groundbreaking ceremony at site of First National Bank, 1960
Mayor Ed Menninger Jr. grins as Dennis S. Hudson Sr., bank president, turns the first shovelful of dirt at the site of the new First National Bank of Stuart on Colorado Avenue. -
Billy Bowlegs III and artist Jim Hutchinson, c. 1960
Seminole Billy Bowlegs III (1862-1965) with man identified as Jim.Tags Seminole Indians -
Ribbon cutting for the opening of the Indian River Bridge, 1958
Evans Crary, Rep. Marvin H. Rowell, and former Gov. John W. Martin watch young Evans Crary III cutting the ribbon opening the Indian River Bridge in Jensen Beach. Similar photo published in the Stuart News (9 Jan 1958) taken by Ed Gluckler. -
Statue of Lady Abundance on its side, c. 1949
The Lady Abundance statue on its side, on the ground. The fountain was sculpted by Manya Konolei, donated by the Stuart Woman's Club to the City of Stuart and installed on the courthouse lawn in 1949. It was later placed in Haney Circle in 1991.Tags Sculpture -
Joan and James Hutchinson with Seminole family, c. 1960
Joan Hutchinson (front left) smiles at two Seminole children as a Seminole woman and Joan's husband, James Hutchinson look on. -
Harry Frazier Dyer, c. 1925
Harry Frazier Dyer (1910-1984) served as a City of Stuart judge for 37 years and retired in 1976. -
Parade on Flagler Avenue, 1925
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. This image, shows two Black men with instruments and is marked "The Colored Band." Also, men on horseback and a cart pass by Rue's Sweet Shop (decorated with bunting), Moore & Hartman Groceries & Meats, and the new Lyric Theatre under construction.
Negative number 9688 listed in the Florida Photographic Concern record book #2 (p. 42) as "9679-92 Martin Co. Celebration, Stuart, P [photographer]"