Martin Digital History

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  • Frances Langford and her husband, Jon Hall sit centered on a bench with a man in Army uniform to their left and a large tent behind them. The man on the right has a patch on his jacket that reads "Official US Army Photographer."

    In 1952, Langford and Hall took part in a six week tour visiting US troops during the Korean War. Langford also spent many years participating in USO tours beginning in WWII and ending in 1966. She even returned to a USO tour in 1989 during the Gulf War.
  • Walter "Buddy" Wells captures a photograph along Martin Highway (SR 714).

    Published in A Pictorial History of Palm City, Florida written by Sandra Thurlow and Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch (p. 117) with the following caption: "Walter Wells, and other servicemen who camped on Martin Grade when they returned from World War II, captured this view in 1945."
  • Earl Ricou in a University of Florida t-shirt, holding a lizard.
  • Edwin Harold Coutant (1890-1966) was raised at the Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge. Harold later moved to Stuart, Florida, opened one of the first garages there, and later a photographic studio.
  • Edith Coventry photography shop in the Osceola Building. Signs for Kodak Finishing and Photographer E.B. Coventry.
  • Similar photograph published in the 1961 Martin County High School yearbook (The Sailfish p. 101). Mike Stone identified as one of the photographers for the 1961 yearbook. Sign on the wall behind Stone reads "Sloppy Work Does NOT Pay."
  • Photographer Mike Stone poses with two photo boards.
  • Studio portrait of Michael L. Stone. Stone listed as a photographer for the 1961 Martin County High School yearbook (The Sailfish). He graduated from MCHS in 1962.
  • Ernest W. Dutton looks through a film camera. Published in the Stuart News (24 Apr 2013) with the caption: "Photographer Ernest W. Dutton was known for his photos and films of Martin County in the 1950s and '60s." Dutton was a winter resident in Port Sewall and focused on wildlife and fishing with his photography as well as educational films.
  • Portrait of Ernest W. Dutton, wildlife and game fishing photographer and filmmaker. Dutton was a winter resident in Port Sewall and focused on wildlife and fishing with his photography as well as educational films.
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