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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."

Tags Chrysanthemums, Cut flower industry, Flowers, Nurseries (Horticulture)

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).

Tags Bouquets, Chrysanthemums, Flowers, Unidentified portraits

Clifford Luce inspects bouquets, 1952

Owner Clifford Luce inspects bouquets being prepared for shipment at his Clifford Luce Flower Farm.

Tags Bouquets, Chrysanthemums, Cut flower industry, Flowers

Tending flowers at Knouse farm, 1952

One of two images published in the Stuart News (17 Jan 1952) with a caption reading "Here are two scenes from the chrysanthemum-growing tract laid out by Gerald L. Knouse of Bloomsburg, Pa., who is Martin County's newest member of its rapidly expanding flower grower colony. Above, Knouse kneels in a bed of young plants while in the background two of his employes [sic] work on the stem-length-controlling lights.

Tags Cut flower industry, Farming, Flowers, Nurseries (Horticulture)

Building support structures at flower farm, 1952

One of two images published in the Stuart News (17 Jan 1952) with a caption reading "Here are two scenes from the chrysanthemum-growing tract laid out by Gerald L. Knouse of Bloomsburg, Pa., who is Martin County's newest member of its rapidly expanding flower grower colony. Below, Knouse (left) is assisted by Cecil Hildreth in putting bed-length wires which are criss-crossed with string to hold up the stems."

Tags Cut flower industry, Farming, Flowers, Nurseries (Horticulture)

Knouse flower farm, 1952

Gerald L. Knouse stands next to covered flower beds at his flower farm.

Tags Cut flower industry, Farming, Flowers, Nurseries (Horticulture)

Dr. Julian D. Parker, 1960

Studio portrait of Dr. Julian D. Parker. Dr. Parker worked for 61 years as a physician in Martin County and during the years of World War II, he was the only doctor in the county.

Tags Physicians