Martin Digital History

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  • Several teens in a car in front of the Lyric Theatre, which features a large sign that may say "The March of Time." The March of Time newsreels series ran from 1935 to 1951.
  • Family portrait, with parents and children. Warner B. Tilton (1896-1984) and Anita Gertrude Ricou Tilton (1899-1986) with their four children, Warner Belknap Tilton Jr. (1922-1963), Ransom Ricou Tilton (1924-1995), Charles Norris Tilton (1925-2020), and infant Anita Tilton (1927-2012) in her mother's arms.
  • Toley Alfred Engebretsen Jr. (1928-2023) followed in his charter boat captain father's footsteps and ran the Salerno Shipyard until selling it in 1971. He then worked at Grumman and retired in 1989.
  • Young man, Tom Allen.
  • Virginia Forrest was instrumental in efforts to save the bald eagle, which was an endangered species until 1994. She worked to strengthen Florida laws protecting eagles, and it became the model for a new federal law. She was also involved in historic preservation efforts. In 1976, Florida Audubon Society named her "Bald Eagle Person of the Year," and Martin County set aside January 15, 1976 as "Virginia Forrest Day" in her honor.
  • Portrait of Harold A. Strauss, who served as the manager of Witham Airfield for 29 years.
  • Army aircraft on Witham Field runway.
  • Aftermath of heavy wind conditions or small tornado at Witham Field around September 15, 1961. A man stands next to an upside down airplane, a Cessna-172, owned by Matthew Gallagher who was visiting Grumman on a project.
  • Aftermath of heavy wind conditions at Witham Field around September 15, 1961. Nose of a small plane pinned against two cars inside a hangar.
  • Longtime Martin County resident, pilot, and widely known comic strip creator, Zack Mosley sits in the cockpit of a plane. Mosely created the "The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" newspaper comic which ran from 1933 through 1973.
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