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Three Ball Brand Household Sundries Co. trade card, c. 1890
Advertising trade card for the Three Ball Brand Household Sundries company. Image on front consists of several alligators dressed in clothing and seated around a dining table with an Egyptian obelisk and pyramids in the background.
The back of the card describes several cleaning products offered by the Ball Brand Co. -
Arbuckle Bros. advertising trade card, c. 1893
Advertising trade card for the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co, card No. 59. On the front is a Map of Florida and the adjoining states of Alabama and Georgia. The images around the map includes a bunch of oranges and a Florida resort. The front also gives the sq. miles of Florida as 58,680 and the population as 269,493.
On the back is an advertisement for Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee and a description of the trading card series. -
Arbuckle Bros. advertising trade card, c. 1893
Advertising trade card for the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co, card No. 12. According to statement on the card "This is one of a series of fifty (50) cards giving a pictorial history of the United States and Territories." A few tidbits of Florida history on the right side of the card include the mythic tale of Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth and a brief mention of the Seminole and Civil Wars. The left half of the card is an advertisement for Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee.
Illustrations on the front of card titled "Fighting the Seminoles in the Swamps (1835-42)," "Spaniards in Florida" and the "Old Gate at St. Augustine." -
Ayer's Ague Cure advertisement card, c. 1890
Card printed (on back) with information about Ayer's Ague Cure, a patent medicine to treat Malaria, fevers and "liver complaints." Main scene on card shows a log cabin with two figures next to it and a man in a rowboat nearby. Bottom right corner shows two frogs offering the Ayer's Ague Cure tonic to an alligator. -
Advertising panels, 1926
Four men, William H. Leopard, Frank Sheeran, Stuart mayor John E. Taylor and an unidentified man, hold large boards with titles affixed: "At Your Service" Leopard & Sheeran, real estate, insurance, investments. Stuart Florida. Exhibited through the courtesy of A.W. France."
Boards are pasted with photographs and newspaper articles from 1926. The display was created to be shown at Young's Million Dollar Steel Pier in Atlantic City. A.W. France, owner of the France Apartments, would display them while attending a convention of engineers there.
William H. Leopard & Frank Sheeran formed Leopard & Sheeran in August 1926, with offices in the Peacock Arcade and on Dixie Highway in Rio. -
The Sunshine Special, June 1939
The Sunshine Special, South Florida Wildlife Council Edition, 23 June 1939, Vol. XII, No. 13.
The Sunshine Special was published weekly in West Palm Beach.
Table of Contents:
Goin' fishin' by Donald Hough
Salt water big mouthed bass by C.R. Crandall
No fanfare nor feathers by Donald McCarthy
Lake Okeechobee partly fresh water
What the pilgrim didn't see and why by A.C. Fordham
Over the top
Indian River County and gun club by J.B. Tippin
Adding another page to Florida's black book by Ernest Lyons
U.S. opens drive on duck bootleggers and buyers
Half minute interviews (includes Earl Ricou, Theodore Dehon, John DuBois)
Letters to the editor
Ramblings
Dogs
Martin County (report on the backlash to the seine net law) -
West Palm Beach, The Nation's "Winter Home," 1918
Booklet advertising West Palm Beach, featuring photos of buildings and landscapes in West Palm, and descriptions of climate, activities, agriculture, roads, educational facilities, local organizations, churches, and hotels.Tags Advertising -
Program of the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Florida State Federation of Labor and Allied Bodies at Stuart, Martin County, Florida, Feb. 28-Mar. 7, 1928
Program of the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Florida State Federation of Labor (former name of the Florida AFL-CIO) and Allied Bodies at Stuart, Martin County, Florida, Feb. 28-Mar. 7, 1928. Advertisements of local businesses, program of speakers and activities. -
"Pioneer Memories" poster, 1995
Poster for the video, Pioneer Memories: A History of Cattle and Citrus in Martin County, Florida," produced by Stuart Heritage and Billy Elkins Films in 1995, which details some of the history of Indiantown, and the life of ranch families.Tags Advertising -
Progress edition of The Stuart News, 1939
Illustrated description of the attractions of Martin County, including the fishing, tropical reefs, the St. Lucie River, residential housing, and agriculture. Also includes a summary of Martin County's debt structure and ads from local businesses. Specific businesses mentioned include John's Laundry, Glades Packing Plant in Salerno, Ward's Trailer Camp, Ace Beauty Salon, Davis Drug Store, and Pittman's Service Station and Restaurant.