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Danforth Hotel, c. 1903
Large building with wrap around porches on first and second floors. When Sarah Danforth died in 1901, Hubert Wilbur Bessey (1855-1918) and his wife, former schoolteacher Susan Corbin Bessey (1868-1954), were invited to take over the Danforth Hotel. Hubert Bessey led fishing trips, which were enjoyed by Grover Cleveland, who visited and stayed the hotel frequently. Duplicate of HSMC-2023-018-2-b1-067.Tags Hotels -
Danforth Hotel with Grover Cleveland on porch, c. 1903
Large building with wrap around porches on first and second floors, several people on the porch. At right are Frances Cleveland, husband and former president Grover Cleveland. Seated on the porch steps are (on right) Joseph Bryant (Cleveland's personal physician) and Hubert Bessey. Cleveland visited Stuart annually between 1900 and 1908 to enjoy the fishing. -
Kitching and Hancock houses, c. 1903
The Walter Kitching home, and the Hancock home, with trees recently planted in the yard and windmill in the background. These houses are just south of the Danforth Hotel. -
Kitching and Hancock houses and the Danforth Hotel, c. 1903
The Walter Kitching home, the Hancock home (built 1902), a windmill, and the Danforth Hotel facing the St. Lucie River. -
Danforth Hotel and pier, c. 1903
Danforth Hotel and pier.
Duplicate of HSMC-2023-018-2-b1-068. -
Stuart Post Office with banner for moving pictures, c. 1901
Broster Kitching's rooming house (the Stuart House) and Stuart Post Office with a banner on the front: "Don't Fail to See the Wonderful Moving Pictures. Life size & life like. And hear the great HISTORICAL LECTURES and popular songs of the day. Illustrated with hand colored views. Prow Bros & Co. ToNight." The Prow Brothers presented "life-motion animated pictures produced by the cinematograph" in Tallahassee in 1901. -
Train depot and Walter Kitching store, c. 1903
Northern point of Flagler/Railroad Avenue, showing railroad tracks and Walter Kitching General Merchant (built in early 1897). Duplicate of HSMC-2023-012-5-HP1-035 -
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Dr. Joseph Bryant with drink, c. 1903
Joseph Bryant, physician to Grover Cleveland, sitting at a small table with drink. -
