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McDonald Building, 1993
Originally the McDonald Building at the corner of Akron and Joan Jefferson Way (Second Street), rebuilt in 1916 after a fire (1 January 1916) that destroyed several buildings in downtown Stuart. In 1930, Lizzie Ludwig Beyer (1882-1969) purchased the building and moved the Little Dixie Cafe from the Krueger Building into the building and it was then referred to as the Beyer Building. After the cafe was closed in 1946, son Charles Beyer started the Tradewinds Restaurant there in 1957. -
Lyric Theater, 1995
The Lyric Theater and Osceola Street. Stuart water tower in the distance. -
Osceola Street, 1990
Road construction along Osceola Street in downtown Stuart. -
Haney Circle, 1991
The Abundance statue and Haney Circle in downtown Stuart. Professional Exchange Building in view behind the statue. The art deco style building was first built in 1938 for the Citizens Bank of Stuart (later First National Bank of Stuart). The building was expanded on the left in 1949. The building was renovated in the 1990s and became the Jolly Sailor Pub in 1992. Duffy's Sport Grill replaced The Jolly Sailor in 2003 and as of 2026, continues to occupy the building at this location. -
Citrus fruit processing machine, c. 1950
Citrus fruit moves up a conveyer system as it is loaded into a large truck for shipping. Two workers stand nearby and around a large trailer filled with fruit. Handwritten on back of another copy: "Packing oranges, Port Mayaca" -
Workers with crates of produce, c. 1955
Three agricultural workers stand next to rows of stacked crates filled with fruit or vegetables. Several of the crates stamped with "Waverly Growers." -
Tomato field, 1946
Agricultural workers in tomato field or next to a pile of produce crates with "Sunrise Product Co." stamps. The Sunrise Product Co. had canneries in Ft. Pierce and Salerno. -
Levi M. Johnson with vegetable grower, 1942
County agricultural agent Levi M. Johnson (1909-1998), unidentified worker, and Albert Welch in a sweet pepper packing shed. -
Buckey and Johnston examine flowers, c. 1953
Harold I. Buckey and Levi Johnson examine some flowers. -
Pittman-Hudson wedding portrait, 1954
Dennis Hudson Jr. and Anne Pittman were married at First Baptist Church in Stuart on September 18, 1954. Group portrait with the bride and groom taken at the church with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Pittman on left and groom's parents, Beatrice and Dennis Hudson Sr. on right.