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Woods buggy, c. 1990
All terrain vehicle fitted with cabinets and supplies for a hunting trip. -
Woods buggy, c. 1990
All terrain vehicle fitted with cabinets and supplies for a hunting trip. According to several articles in the Stuart News, this and similar vehicles were referred to as "woods buggies" from the late 1940s through the 1960s. The vehicles were often older automobiles that were altered to make them better suited for traveling in waterlogged and wooded areas. -
Utility vehicle, 1965
Utility vehicle or woods buggy with chairs on the roof. Vehicle used for hunting excursions and looks to be an older car converted into an all-terrain vehicle by removing the original cabin panels and adding storage boxes to the exterior. -
Utility vehicle stuck in the mud, c. 1950
Two men work to release their woods buggy out of the mud. Harry Dyer stands on the left and a hunting dog lays in the grass next to the vehicle. -
Utility vehicle in the woods, c. 1950
Utility vehicle parked in a wooded area. According to several articles in the Stuart News, this and other similar vehicles were referred to locally as "woods buggies" during their heyday from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s. Many of these vehicles were converted trucks or older automobiles, like the Ford Model A. -
Utility vehicle at Mile Lake, c. 1960
Mile Lake is a fresh body of water on the west side of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River, stretching into both Martin and St. Lucie Counties. For many years it served as one of the largest bass fishing waterways in the area. -
Utility truck with food storage, c. 1950
Harry Dyer and Jim Pomeroy prepare a meal from their wood buggy. Dog looks towards the camera and photographer in the foreground and another dog lays under the truck. According to Ernest Lyons in one of his Stuart News columns (26 Apr 1962), The judge [Harry Dyer] is a marvelous woods cook. I don't know that I've ever eaten any finer black bass and bream, fried to a turn, that those which he prepares." -
Two all terrain vehicles and a dog, c. 1950
Two all terrain vehicles with chains on the tires, loaded with gear and parked in an open grassy area. Hunting dog looks toward the camera in the foreground. -
Three men next to tent, c. 1950
Three men stand next to a tent and two woods buggies at a temporary hunting camp. -
Three men around a fire, c. 1965
Three men stand around a fire at Palmar hunting camp. The men are (from left to right) John Littman, Mike Law and Guy Boyd.