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Hupfel Family portrait, 1968
Hupfel Family portrait. Man seated with a child on his lap is likely Otto Hupfel (1882-1969), who was the first to grow lilies in Martin County and owned a flower farm in Palm City, beginning in the mid-1940s. With the help of his son Richard, H &H Lily Growers became the largest lily growing business in the country by the 1960s. The man on the right is likely Otto's other son, Walter Mott Hupfel (1908-1978), who also worked in the family business and later started his own flower farm on Monterey Road. The individual on the left may be Walter’s son, Walter Mott Hupfel Jr. (1934-2012). -
Hupfel Flower Farm, 1967
Hupfel Flower Farm flower beds and processing buildings. -
Hutchinson Island homestead, 1907
Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 7) with the caption "This photograph of the former home of Hiram and Hattie Olds, taken in 1907, shows the native vegetation of Hutchinson Island." Hiram and Hattie Olds owned land around the Gilbert's Bar Coast Guard Station. -
Hyrdoponic greenhouse, 1950
Photograph by Earl Dyer Ricou published in the Stuart News (05 Jan 1950) with caption "No-Soil Gardening Project Conducted In Jensen Beach. Mrs. Harry Swinglehurst, Stuart Garden Club president, (left) inspects the green house of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Murdock in Jensen Beach where an enlarging project of hydroponic or no-soil gardening is being conducted." -
In front of citrus tree, 1942
Man stands in front of a citrus tree and a structure in view behind him. Photograph likely taken at Ruxton/Maribel Plantation. -
In front of Hendry home, 1933
Home of A. A. "Buck" and Lydia Hendry. Lydia's sister, Hannah Murphy stands in front of the house with her children, Joseph and Jean. -
Indian River Citrus League reward, 1958
Published in the Stuart News (22 May 1958) with the caption: "M.R. Buckalew, executive secretary of the Indian River Citrus League, is shown presenting the league's citrus theft reward check of $500.00 to Deputy Sheriff Joe Johnson of Martin County while Sebert Hall, field representative of Florida Citrus Mutual, is presenting Mutual's reward check of $100.00 to James Odom, grove manager of Howard Farms at Indiantown. Johnson and Odom are responsible for the arrest and conviction in fruit thefts recently in Martin County and are the joint recipients of the combined rewards. This is the second such reward paid by the Indian River Citrus League this season. The League and Florida Citrus Mutual have worked closely together in stimulating interest in the apprehension and conviction in citrus fruit thefts. -
Indiantown Printing Company plant, 1961
The Indiantown Printing Company plant, which first began operations around August 1960. The plant was one of the largest in the country at the time and it specialized in printing books and trade publications. -
Infant in car, 1920
Infant (around 10 months old) Rose Roebuck, posed behind the wheel of an automobile. Poor quality image. -
Inspecting flowers, c. 1955
Unidentified man inspects flowers at a Martin County flower farm.