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Buckey and Johnston examine flowers, c. 1953
Harold I. Buckey and Levi Johnson examine some flowers. -
Levi M. Johnson with vegetable grower, 1942
County agricultural agent Levi M. Johnson (1909-1998), unidentified worker, and Albert Welch in a sweet pepper packing shed. -
Tomato field, 1946
Agricultural workers in tomato field or next to a pile of produce crates with "Sunrise Product Co." stamps. The Sunrise Product Co. had canneries in Ft. Pierce and Salerno. -
Workers with crates of produce, c. 1955
Three agricultural workers stand next to rows of stacked crates filled with fruit or vegetables. Several of the crates stamped with "Waverly Growers." -
Farm portrait, 1962
Kim Poy Lee poses with a boy, likely his son, Tommy, among crops at their Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. -
Bok choy grown at Sang Yick Farm, 1962
Kim Poy Lee shows off large bok choy vegetables grown at his Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. The man on the left may be from the Soil Conservation Service. Truck with "Sang Yick Farms, Hobe Sound" painted on its side also in view. -
Tommy Lee with large winter melons, 1962
Young Tommy Lee poses with large squash or winter melons at Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. He is the youngest son of Kim Poy Lee, owner of Sang Yick Farm. -
Kim Poy Lee with taro root, 1962
Kim Poy Lee examines a cluster of taro root grown at his Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. Lee immigrated to the U.S. with his family in the 1920s. With his brother, Lee established successful farming enterprises, both on Long Island (managed by his brother) and in Hobe Sound. Sang Yick Farm started at as a 300-acre plot to the west of Bridge Rd. (SR 708) in Hobe Sound but expanded to over 500 acres as it produced vegetables shipped to Chinese restaurants all over the country. The farm remained quite profitable until a devastating freeze in 1982 destroyed half of Lee's crops. In 1990, Lee retired from the farming business. -
Root vegetables grown at Sang Yick Farm, 1962
Kim Poy Lee shows off root vegetables, possibly daikon radish, grown at his Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. The man on the left may be from the Soil Conservation Service. -
Produce at Sang Yick Farm, 1962
Kim Poy Lee (sometimes written as Lee Kim Poy) shows off a vegetable grown at his Sang Yick Farm in Hobe Sound. The man on the right may be from the Soil Conservation Service, which made visits to many farms in the area during the early 1960s.