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Martin County flower farm, c. 1955
Rows of flowers at an unidentified Martin County flower farm. -
Flower farm equipment truck, c. 1955
Farm equipment truck at the Gerald L. Knouse chrysanthemum flower farm in Stuart. Poor copy. -
Taking notes at a Martin County flower farm, c. 1955
Woman takes notes while touring or visiting an unidentified Martin County flower farm. -
Inspecting flowers, c. 1955
Unidentified man inspects flowers at a Martin County flower farm. -
Flower processing, c. 1955
Workers sort cut lily flowers on tables at a flower farm at H & H Lily Growers Farm on Murphy Rd. in Palm City. H & H Lily Growers Farm was owned by Richard G. Hupfel (on left). -
Martin County flower farm, c. 1955
Lily farm with workers in the background. Possibly H & H Lily Growers farm in Palm City. -
Children watch as cargo loaded, 1955
Published in the Stuart News (5 May 1955) with caption reading "Flowers Picked Today Reach N.Y. Tonight. Stan Smith, local grower, and Fred Strauss, manager of Witham Field, are loading flowers aboard a Riddle Air Lines plane, watched by Lucy Hupfel and Tommy Smith. A plane a day has gone out of here during this past week, with two plane-loads leaving Tuesday." -
Clifford Luce and son inspect shipment, 1952
Clifford Luce inspects boxes with his son for a flower shipment. Tropic Hotel visible in the background. Published in the Stuart News (15 May 1952) with a caption reading "... owner Luce and his son inspect boxes ready for shipment on the railroad platform in Stuart." -
Harvesting flowers at Clifford Luce Flower Farm, 1952
Published in the Stuart News (15 May 1952) with a caption reading "Here's The Local Flower-Growing Operation Complete. [This scene is] exemplary of the moves made daily in this area by a number of flower growers to put their products on the markets… portray[s] shipping action at the Clifford Luce Flower Farm on the Indiantown road a mile west of Stuart. ... (left to right) Tom Reddish, Carol Seller, Matalu Summerville and Bernice Fripp are cutting the chrysanthemums under the farm's protective netting." -
Wrapping flowers into bouquets, 1952
Employee at the Clifford Luce Flower Farm prepares bouquets by wrapping chrysanthemums by the dozen with floral paper. Published in the Stuart News (15 May 1952).