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Young woman on a leached tree at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Ruhnke daughter on a bleached dead tree and other flotsam on the beach in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island. -
Woman walking along a sandy road at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Woman walks along a sandy road in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island.Tags Dirt roads -
Stand of trees at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Small trees and other flotsam on the beach in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island. -
Pipe fills beach with sand, 1963
A pipe spews sand onto a beach. Similar photo published in the Miami Herald (7 Feb 1963) with the caption "Pipelines strung across Jupiter Island take dredged-up fill from the Intracoastal Waterway and carry it to eroded ocean beaches in attempts to nourish them back to life. More than 60,000 cubic yards have been dumped on washed out beaches in recent weeks. After a few tides, the black dirt in the fill is washed away, leaving behind white sand." -
People walking along a dirt road through the trees at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Two people walk along a sandy road in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island.Tags Dirt roads -
Dirt road through the trees at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Sandy road in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island.Tags Dirt roads -
Cattle egrets at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Aerial view of Peck's Lake inlet. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island. In 1963, an inlet was opened into Peck's Lake by storms, then closed as an erosion hazard.Tags Birds -
Boaters in the Peck's Lake area, c. 1963
Several boats pulled up to the shore. One boat is named "My Fair Kitty." -
Bleached trees at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Bleached dead tree and other flotsam on the beach in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island. -
Bleached tree at Peck's Lake, c. 1963
Bleached dead tree and other flotsam on the beach in the Peck's Lake area. Peck's Lake is adjacent to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and north of Jupiter Island.