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Portrait with grandchild, c. 1935
Arvilla Roebuck poses with her grandson, Dwight Frazier. -
Fred Walton, 1937
Portrait of Fred Walton. Frederick James Walton (1907-1987) graduated from Stuart High School in 1928, a star athlete. In 1936 he became a patrolman in the City of Stuart and in January 1940 became the Chief of Police. After taking a leave of absence from the position for the summer and fall of 1941, he was replaced in December. He was the Stuart Fire Chief from November 1942 to May 1943 when he asked for a leave of absence. From 1960 to 1970 he was the superintendent of the city water department. Fred and Rose Kremer Roebuck Walton (1920-2007) married on 10 Sept 1939 and they had four children.Tags Florida-Stuart -
William Adams Roebuck, c. 1925
Portrait of William Adams Roebuck, early settler in Stuart (c. 1907). William Roebuck and his family settled in the Tropical Farms areas and their homestead there was called "Hope."Tags Florida-Stuart -
William Roebuck Family portrait, c. 1907
Roebuck Family portrait.
Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 127) with the caption: "The Roebuck family came from Bassinger, above Lake Okeechobee, and settled on the Stuart-Annie Road, west of Stuart around 1907. All three of the Roebuck sons obtained law degrees from Stetson University. Front row: William Earoll, Verda Lillian and Edna Winifred; middle row: William Adams Roebuck and Arvilla Elizabeth Avriett Roebuck; back row: Lollie Arrena, Joanna Elizabeth, Robert Roy and Arthur Ray Roebuck. "Tags Florida-Stuart -
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Rob Roy Hotel, c. 1940
Cars line Highway US 1, near the Rob Roy Hotel. This building was originally the Roebuck Building, built in 1927 on U.S. 1 near Frazier Creek, by Robert R. Roebuck, housing the Rob Roy Hotel and the Economy Grocery. It was sold to William Rice in November 1945, remodeled, and reopened as the Rice's Hotel & Restaurant. -
Robert Roebuck Jr., c. 1940
Robert Roy Roebuck Jr. poses with two dogs outside the Virginia Apartments in Stuart. Campaign for governor signs hang on the building and endorse Francis P. Whitehair. Whitehair ran for governor of Florida in 1940 but lost the race to Spessard L. Holland. -
Rose and Robert Roebuck, c. 1915
Two portraits combined. Large portrait of Rose Ellen Kremer Roebuck standing in an interior living space. Smaller portrait of Rose Ellen and Robert Roy Roebuck, who married in 1914. Robert Roebuck developed several buildings in Stuart during the 1920s, including the Virginia Apartments and Rob Roy Hotel. The couple tragically died in a train accident in 1943.Tags Florida -
Infant in car, 1920
Infant (around 10 months old) Rose Roebuck, posed behind the wheel of an automobile. Poor quality image.