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Surveying flower beds at Franklin O. Rinker & Son flower farm, 1952

Item

Title

Surveying flower beds at Franklin O. Rinker & Son flower farm, 1952

Description

Franklin O. Rinker Sr. (right) points to another area as his son, Franklin O. Rinker Jr., kneels next to a row of flowers at their two acre flower farm on Britt Road, Rinker and Son, in Stuart. Similar photo captured by Arthur Ruhnke and published in the Stuart News (11 Dec 1952) indicates that the father-son duo "are standing in the center of a newly-planted five-bed block of plants with a central irrigation pipeline showing at their feet."

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Date

Rights

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Format

Black and white negative, 4x5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Thurlow-2025-004-flowers-004
2025.004

Coverage

Original Format

Negatives

Citation

Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “Surveying flower beds at Franklin O. Rinker & Son flower farm, 1952,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12068.