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Dancers in the Servicemen's Club, c. 1943

Item

Title

Dancers in the Servicemen's Club, c. 1943

Description

Men and women dancing at the Servicemen's Club. Couple in center are Florence Kanarek and Paul Thomas; Floretta Bartlett dances with Henry Robertson at right. Built in 1943 by the Army Corp of Engineers to serve as the Martin County Service Club. After the war, the building was purchased by the City of Stuart and served as a community recreation hall and civic center. In 2023, it is the Flagler Center of Stuart, 246 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart.

Photo from the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Thurlow collection, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 67.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow; donated by Florence and Mac Auerback.

Publisher

South Fork High School (Stuart, Fla.)

Contributor

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 copy print; 6x4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2024-002-011
2024.002

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

“Dancers in the Servicemen's Club, c. 1943,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/3438.