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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. -
Handshake after election, 1936
Two men shake hands in front of a Stuart storefront after the election of Florida Governor Fred P. Cone. The men appear to be standing on the corner of Flagler Avenue, possibly in front of the Theodore Dehon & Son real estate & insurance storefront. The man on the left pushed George W. Parks, Sr. (front right) in a wheelbarrow to settle a bet he lost about the election for governor. -
Group portrait on front porch, c. 1930
Group portrait in front of the home of Elizabeth and Archie A. Hendry on Orange Ave. in Fort Pierce. -
Children in front yard, 1928
Two children sit in a front yard with the front porch of Ernest J. Ricou family home in view behind them. -
Three generations of Warners, 1952
Warner B. Tilton Sr. (left) and W. B. Tilton Jr. stand with infant, Warner Richard Wacha (b. 1952) in a baby walker. Note on back of photograph identifying the subjects written by Anita Tilton Wacha, mother of the infant (she writes "my son" next to the infant's name) and daughter of Tilton Sr.Tags Tilton family -
Anna Underwood Viles, 1910
Portrait of Anna Underwood Viles taken at the Bay Tree Lodge in Sewall's Point. Bay Tree Lodge was built by James Viles (Anna's husband), an industrialist from Chicago as a winter home for the couple. After the death of her husband in 1919, Anna no longer wanted the home, and it was subsequently sold in 1923.Tags Umbrellas