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Stuart Band members at the flag raising ceremony, 1916
Three men draped with flags, holding musical instruments for the flag raising ceremony on 23 February 2016. The Stuart Band provided entertainment at the event. Left to right: Jack McDonald, age 16; Darrel Smith, aged 16; and Leeson Hogarth, aged 15. -
Two young men at the flag raising ceremony, 1916
Two young men draped with flags for the flag raising ceremony on 23 February 2016. Merle Smith (left) and Loris Eurit. -
Flag raising ceremony at Stuart School, 1916
Cars, people, and a large flag along a road for the flag raising ceremony on 23 February 2016. -
Downtown Stuart, c. 1920
Flagler Avenue business district, including the Kitching Eckess building, flagpole (installed 1918), and the Feroe Building with the post office (1915-1925), and the train loading platform. Stuart on the St. Lucie sign visible. -
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Jupiter lighthouse, c. 1912
Lighthouse and several houses. Negative marked "c. 1912" The buildings and antennas in the foreground of these photos are Naval Radio Station Jupiter -
Flag pole decorated with Christmas tree and line of flags, 1918
Line of flags hung across square on Flagler Avenue; visible is the train station, the Stuart Mercantile Co., and the Feroe building with the post office and Florida Land Company. This community tree was celebrated shortly before Christmas and was two trees lashed to the flagpole in the town square (Flagler Avenue at St. Lucie) and decorated with electric bulbs in many colors, tinsel, and oranges. A line of flags includes the Stuart Community Service Flag, with 40 stars, of which one was silver and one gold. During the dedication ceremony, children sang and a telegram from Santa was read, and afterward the adults had a dance at the Lyric. -
Dedication of the flag pole, 1918
Erected 12 January 1918 in the middle of Flagler Avenue between the train station and the Feroe building. Visible here are the second Lyric Theatre and the Stuart Mercantile building, with cars and crowds watching a speaker.
Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950) with the caption "Looking South down Flagler Ave. (before it was widened during the boom of the 1920s) the center of town looked like this. The occasion was a dedication of the new flagpole from which Old Glory proudly flew until a storm demolished the pole." -
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Opening of St. Lucie Canal, 1916
Crowd of people on the tourist steamer Constitution. Finished by Florida Photographic Concern (Ft. Pierce, Fla.)