Seaboard Air Line cargo train, 1955
Item
Title
Seaboard Air Line cargo train, 1955
Description
Published in the Stuart News (26 May 1955) under headline reading "County's Watermelon Production Total Passes Half Million." Caption included with photo reads "Trainloads Take Martin Melons To All Parts Of U. S. Here are a few of the 334 carloads of melons being shipped from Indiantown by Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Buddy Beech supervises loading from truck in foreground while the load in rear came from the Scott & Beard farm. An additional 60 carloads were shipped from Stuart."
Creator
Source
Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.
Publisher
Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)
Rights
No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Black and white negative; 4x5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Thurlow-2025-008-subjects-043
2025.008
Original Format
Negatives
Collection
Citation
Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Seaboard Air Line cargo train, 1955,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/13526.