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Palm Beach Land Co. building, c. 1915
People in rocking chairs on the front porch of the Palm Beach Land Company building, which was opened in 1911 by Charles Curtis Chillingworth after purchasing 12,000 acres in what is now Palm City and dividing it into ten acre lots and sold them as Palm City Farms.
The building was also called the McPherson building, located on First Street and Albany Avenue in Stuart.
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J.J. Pitchford in seersucker suit, c. 1910
Joseph Jones Pitchford wearing a seersucker suit.
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Pitchford Place service station, c. 1930
Girl poses on the front of a car at the Pitchford Place service station.
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Portrait of an officer, c. 1970
Portrait painting of a naval or coast guard officer in uniform.
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Roebuck farm, 1914
Flock of chickens in the yard in front of a building or house. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 126) with the caption: "When Arvilla Roebuck arrived at this rambling farmhouse south of Stuart with her husband William and seven children, she named it 'Hope.' The house belonged to Reuben Carlton and the names of the nearby hammock and creek reflected his ownership. With the passage of time, however, the names of the hammock and creek took on the Roebuck name. To find where the house named 'Hope' once stood, look on a modern map and note where Roebuck Creek nears Kanner Highway.
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Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge, c. 1915
Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, US Life-Saving Service: Florida's East Coast, with the caption "The boathouse on the Indian River at Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge protected sailboats when they were the only mode of transportation. The shed to its right was a workshop for master boatbuilder Hubert Bessey, who was keeper from 1890 until 1900. The boathouse at left housed a small boat provided by the US Life-Saving Service. This photograph was taken after 1911 when the house of refuge was modified with upper story windows."
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Chester Shoal House of Refuge, c. 1915
The Chester Shoal House of Refuge was one of eight houses of refuge in operation in Florida when the U.S. Coast Guard was created in 1915 from the merger of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service.
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Chester Shoal Coast Guard station, c. 1920
U.S. Coast Guard station with wrap around porch.
Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, US Life-saving Service, with the caption: "The hatches are open in this photograph of Chester Shoal Coast Guard Station No. 204. Roof hatches, rather then windows, were installed on two former houses of refuge: Chester Shoal and Indian River Inlet Coast Guard Station No. 206."
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The Quartermans in front of palmetto palms, c. 1930
George Quarterman and wife Annie Stewart Quarterman. Quarterman took charge of the U.S. Coast Guard Station No. 204 when the U.S. Coast Guard was formed in 1915. His uncle, Orlando Quarterman, directed the Chester Shoal House of Refuge previously.
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