Martin Digital History

Boy in boat, c. 1907

Item

Title

Boy in boat, c. 1907

Description

Boy in boat, peeping over the edge of the pier. Buildings of Stuart Florida and woman swimming in background. Probably William Maule McFarlan (1905–1982).

William Dowling McFarlan Jr. (1836-1925), brother Robert M. McFarlan (1843–1914), and cousin Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913) and his wife Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and young son were regular winter visitors to Stuart from their home in Pennsylvania, between 1895 through about 1910. Both William, a retired merchant, and Louis, a cloth merchant, purchased several properties in Stuart between 1904 and 1907.

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

Date

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

4x5 glass plate negative

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

SHM-GPN-039
2023.002

Coverage

Original Format

Glass plate negative

Citation

Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913), “Boy in boat, c. 1907,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/309.