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Open air cockpit, c. 1940
Man with pilot goggles stands next to an open air cockpit. The man identified as Bob Gardner on the back of the photo.Tags Air pilots -
Train wreck in Jensen Beach, 1919
Train wreck near Rio on 24 Dec 1919. -
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. -
Portrait of friends, c. 1925
Young adults pose together on a bridge or pier. Identifications written on back of print read Webb Ordway, Florie Richards and Genese Matheson Summer. -
Edason headstone, c. 1945
Edason headstone at Palms Cemetery on Indian River Dr. in Ankona (Ft. Pierce), Florida. This may be the grave of Charles Edason (1857-1941). -
Cemetery monument at Palms Cemetery, c. 1945
Monument at Palms Cemetery on Indian River Dr. in Ankona (Ft. Pierce), Florida. Plaque on monument reads "In memory of the settlers in this section who were massacred during the Seminole war." -
Unidentified house, c. 1945
Side view of an unidentified house. Poor copy. -
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Campaign for governor, 1936
Man identified as Mr. Parks on the back of the photograph, sits in a wheelbarrow. The man in the wheelbarrow is likely George W. Parks Sr. (1876-1943), who opened the George Parks General Merchandise Store (Stuart Heritage Museum building). A campaign poster for Fred P. Cone is attached to wheelbarrow as it was wheeled around on election day, November 3, 1936, after Fred P. Cone won the race for governor of Florida. Cone served as Florida's governor from January of 1937 through January of 1941. According to a note on the back of the photo, George Parks won a bet that Cone would win the election and the loser of the bet had to push the winner around in a wheelbarrow on election day. View of H. C. Rue Sweet Shop in Stuart in the background. -
Election day wheelbarrow ride, 1936
George W. Parks, Sr. sits in wheelbarrow near a postal and telegraph storefront in Stuart after Fred P. Cone was elected governor of Florida on November 3, 1936. Parks won a bet that Cone would win the election and as a result, the loser of the bet had to push the winner (Parks) around town.