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Chrysanthemum processing, c. 1955
Tables filled with chrysanthemum flowers as workers sort them into bouquets for commercial shipping and sales. -
Cargo of cut flowers, 1953
Gerald L. Knouse Wholesale Grower truck filled with boxes of flowers is parked next to a Riddle cargo plane. Note on back of print indicates that this image captures the first air cargo shipment of flowers, which occurred on February 12, 1953. -
Harvesting chrysanthemums, c. 1965
Three men carry cut chrysanthemum flowers from rows of commercial flower beds to place them in containers for processing into bouquets for shipment. Labeled "Dow Chemical flower farm" -
Surveying flower beds at Franklin O. Rinker & Son flower farm, 1952
Franklin O. Rinker Sr. (right) points to another area as his son, Franklin O. Rinker Jr., kneels next to a row of flowers at their two acre flower farm on Britt Road, Rinker and Son, in Stuart. Similar photo captured by Arthur Ruhnke and published in the Stuart News (11 Dec 1952) indicates that the father-son duo "are standing in the center of a newly-planted five-bed block of plants with a central irrigation pipeline showing at their feet." -
Miller Flower Farm, 1963
Workers load cut flowers, chrysanthemums, onto a trailer. Commercial flower beds also in view under shade. The man on the left may be Ed Miller (1902-1981), owner of the flower farm. -
Miller Flower Farm, 1963
Two men stand in front of covered flower beds at Miller's Flower Farm. The man on the right is likely Ed Miller (1902-1981), the owner of the farm and the man on the left wears a Miller's Flower Farm shirt with the name "Dan" printed or sewn on it. A red van with "Oodles and Oodles of Pompons and Poodles" written on its side is parked behind the men. According to the Stuart News (6 July 1961), Ed Miller and his wife, Louise, bred poodles in addition to their flower business. In 1961, the Millers built a 3,000 square foot "Poodle Pagoda" on their property, completely devoted to their dogs. The pagoda included a training space, covered runway, and lodging for over forty dogs. The slogan for the "Poodle Pagoda" was "Oodles and Oodles of Pompons and Poodles." -
Clifford M. Luce, 1968
Studio portrait of Clifford M. Luce, owner of Luce Flower Farm, which he started in 1951. Luce was also elected supervisor of the Martin Soil Conservation District in 1953. -
Miller Flower Farm staff portrait, 1953
Miller's Flower Farm group portrait with a dog. -
Loading cargo plane, c. 1955
Car with trailer parked next to a Riddle cargo plane as boxes are loaded onto the plane. Boxes may be filled with cut flowers. -
Hupfel Family portrait, 1968
Hupfel Family portrait. Man seated with a child on his lap is likely Otto Hupfel (1882-1969), who was the first to grow lilies in Martin County and owned a flower farm in Palm City, beginning in the mid-1940s. With the help of his son Richard, H &H Lily Growers became the largest lily growing business in the country by the 1960s. The man on the right is likely Otto's other son, Walter Mott Hupfel (1908-1978), who also worked in the family business and later started his own flower farm on Monterey Road. The individual on the left may be Walter’s son, Walter Mott Hupfel Jr. (1934-2012).