Martin Digital History

Group at Stuart Post Office, c. 1905

Item

Title

Group at Stuart Post Office, c. 1905

Description

Several people on the back porch of the Stuart Post Office. Broster Kitching originally established the rooming house Stuart House (later the Stuart Hotel) in the late 1880s. After he became postmaster in 1894, the house also became the post office. He is pictured here on the left with a full beard.

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

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-062
2023.002

Coverage

Original Format

Glass plate negative

Citation

Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913), “Group at Stuart Post Office, c. 1905,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/332.