Martin Digital History

Boy Scouts rescuing car, 1916

Item

Title

Boy Scouts rescuing car, 1916

Description

Several young men standing on a car with labels, including "service car," "blacksmith," and "Babcock." Handwritten on back: "After the car was taken out of the ditch, Sept. 25, 1916." An article in the Stuart News (29 Sep 1916) details that the Boy Scouts of Stuart assisted the Babcock Garage service car in getting a car out of the ditch in Hobe Sound.

Source

Scan gift of Heidi McNabb.

Date

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 print; 3x2 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

McNabb-2024-003-012
2024.003

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

“Boy Scouts rescuing car, 1916,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/3504.