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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. -
Float for Palm City Farms in parade, 28 January 1926
Parade float with grapefruit tree.
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. -
St. Lucie River Yacht Club, c. 1925
Large building on the end of a pier. Built in 1916, the clubhouse was a social center for much of the community until it was demolished in the 1928 hurricane.
Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption: "Home of the St. Lucie River Yacht Club" -
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Porch of the High Point Rod and Gun Club, c. 1926
Side of large building, with columns and landscaping. -
Sunrise Inn and Palm Grove, Port Sewall, Florida, c. 1926
Inn, pier, and boat named Petrel. -
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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" -
Emil Svilokos house, 1925
Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption "Home of Emil Svilokos on the St. Lucie River front in Golfview. This has long been one of the attractive show places of this region."