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Donkey or mule drawn cart, c. 1905
Mule or donkey drawn cart with fruit or vegetables. Location unknown. -
Posing at Pittman's Restaurant, 1941
Two young women pose with their thumbs out in front of Pittman's Restaurant in Stuart. On the left is Mary Catherine Stanger and Theada Thiboult is on the right. -
Fulton sisters, c. 1924
Sisters Vermelle (bottom) and Hannah Fulton pose together next to a boat dock. According to a note on the back of the photograph, Hannah was 13 years old at the time, which would make Vermelle around 21 years old. Both sisters were long time Palm City residents. Vermelle started her career as a Palm City nursery schoolteacher and later took over the duties of the Palm City postmaster from the girls' mother, Ailene Fulton, who, according to the Stuart News (15 Sep 1985), served as the first postmistress in the country, starting in 1929. -
Maribel Plantation house, c. 1942
Ruxton Plantation house. This property was located south of Eden, which is in the modern-day Jensen Beach area. Built by Sarah and John Lucas in the late 1800s. The Lucas family had the lumber for the house pre-cut in Baltimore and transported to the Eden area via ship. They named the property after their hometown of Ruxton, Maryland. The Lucas family grew pineapples.
It was purchased by Helen Saunders in 1899 and became one of the largest and most successful pineapple farms in the area.
The plantation was later sold in 1907 to Charles Edason and renamed "Maribel Plantation" for his wife, Marie.
Louis Bell Edason inherited the property after his father died in 1941. The house was damaged in the 1949 hurricane and lost the upper story. In about 1974, he renamed the property "Candy Bell Plantation" after his second wife, Constance.
In 1993, the house was moved to the rear of the property.
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Two women walk in Eden, 1942
Two women walk along a street in the Eden area (Jensen Beach).Tags Streets -
Wheelbarrow of coconuts, 1942
Man holds a wheelbarrow with a basket of coconuts inside it. The man may be Louis Bell Edason (1916-1988) at Ruxton/Maribel Plantation. -
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Couple pose in front of house, 1942
Portrait of a couple next to a house. This may be Louis Bell Edason (1916-1988) and Marie LaHaye Edason (1906-1972) who were married on the 8th of June in 1942 and lived at Ruxton/Maribel Plantation in Eden. -
Wheelbarrow of coconuts, 1942
Woman sits on the edge of a wheelbarrow holding a basket of coconuts. -
Grass mowing, 1942
A smoking man uses a push mower, likely at Ruxton Plantation. The man may be the owner of Ruxton Plantation, or as he renamed it Maribel Plantation (and later Candy Bell Plantation), Louis Bell Edason (1916-1988).