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Float for Salerno in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926
Parade float with girl ("Miss Salerno") and woman with pageant sashes, man in Seminole clothing, and signs "Salerno go claim your heritage worth untold millions," and "Shortest route by land and water."
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. -
Float for Salerno in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926
Parade float with sign "Shortest route by land and water." Other side of float featured in SHM-Penhale-006.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. -
Float for St. Lucie Estates in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926
Parade float with model house and sign: "St. Lucie Estates where homes are built." Kitching & Eckess visible in background.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. -
Float for Stuart Transfer Co. in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926
Parade float with young African American man or boy in a bathtub, and sign: "We believe in Stuart 'clean up'. Let this be the only Black spot in town. Stuart Transfer Company." Stuart Transfer Company opened in 1925 on Flagler Avenue, then moved to the Lyric Theatre building in March 1926. They were a hauling company.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. -
Float for the Golden Gate Development Company in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926.
Float with a chariot, women in Grecian costumes, and paper-mache horses, and sign "Golden Gate." The Golden Gate Development Company built a residential development in Stuart in 1925.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. The Golden Gate float won a $100 prize for this float. -
Float in parade on Flagler Avenue, 28 January 1926
Parade float with lifeboat.
In celebration of the 1925 establishment of Martin County, the town of Stuart hosted a series of events on 28 and 29 January 1926, including a large parade. Governor John Wellborn Martin attended as special guest. -
High Point Rod and Gun Club, 1931
Built in 1917 by Pennsylvania businessmen after moving the smaller Tyndall house "El Nido" to the side. Purchased in 1925 by Otto and Katherine Schaum. Sold in 1936 to Leonard Fillmore Knowles; however his secretaries, sisters Elsie E. Harrington (b. 1885) and Maude (b. 1892) lived there year round as caretakers and at Knowles' death, he bequeathed the property to them as it became known as "Harrington House." After their death, the property was not occupied and became abandoned.
Published in the Stuart News (5 May 1931) with the caption "High Point Lodge bought by L.F. Knowles" -
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Land along a waterway, c. 1923
Probably the banks of the St. Lucie River or the intracoastal.Tags Beaches -
Land along a waterway, c. 1923
Possibly the banks of the St. Lucie River or the intracoastal.