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  • Two men, one seated at a desk holding a microphone, another leans against the desk. Published in the Stuart News (10 Jan 1952) with the caption: "G. Warren 'Buddy' Shipes Jr., dictates a message over the Florida Power and Light Company's new commercial radio installation in the firm's Stuart office while area manager John M. Law Jr., looks on. At left is the receiving unit from the FP&L trucks and ears in the field whose movements are coordinated by this now setup."
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  • Harvey Merwin and his Italian wife, Frances Merwin driving their new car, a Jeffery Company touring car.

    Both moved to Edenlawn plantation by the mid-1910s after spending many years abroad, performing as opera singers. Along with growing and selling ferns and Amaryllis lilies, Harvey served as a St. Lucie County commissioner in 1919 and again from 1929 to 1932.
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  • Studio portrait of Frances C. King. Born Frances Carlberg in West Palm Beach, she suffered an early fall which led to a total loss of hearing. After attending the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts, Carlberg graduated from Palm Beach High School and went on to Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas), where she studied art. When visiting Sewall's Point with her parents in 1946, she met and later married Drew W. King, Stuart mayor (1949-1951), realtor and owner of the Pelican Hotel and Stuart Hardware Co.

    Frances C. King continued to paint and advocate for the deaf community throughout her life and during her 51 years as a Stuart resident. Her art was exhibited all over the country and she served as an active member of the Oral Deaf Adult Section of the Alexander Graham Bell Association.
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  • Zola Swarthout (left) and Frances Langford shake hands next to a row of young trees.
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  • Frances Langford poses next to a marlin fish on a hoist at a pier.
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  • Portrait of Frances Langford.

  • Francis Tyndall stands next to a military airplane. Tyndall was promoted to First Lieutenant of the 22nd Aero Squadron and received a citation for valor by General Pershing, awarded on March 27, 1919. According to the Stuart News (12 Jun 1919), Capt. Tyndall was awarded the citation of valor for bringing down two German planes on October 29, 1918.
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  • Portrait of Frank J. Frazier.
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  • Similar photo published in the Stuart News (11 Dec 1952) with a caption reading "Franklin O. Rinker, new Martin County resident from Bloomsburg, Pa., inspects a bed in his 2-acre flower-growing layout north of Stuart. This particular section of the layout was among the first planted by the Rinkers and their initial pom-pom blooms are scheduled to be cut from it next month"
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  • Boats and pier in Frazier Creek, France Apartments in background.
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