Kitching brothers at Stuart train station, c. 1905

Brothers Broster and Walter Kitching stand next to the small Stuart train station building on Flagler Avenue.

Walter Kitching (1846–1932), who opened a general store in downtown Stuart in 1897, after a long career as a merchant, traveling the coast of Florida in the Merchant

Broster Kitching (1838–1915) settled in Sebastian, Florida in 1885, and later moved to Stuart (then called Potsdam) where his brother Walter lived. He was postmaster from 1894 to 1913, and lived with his sister Susanna in a house behind the post office.

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County,

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Black and white print; 3.2x4.3 inches

English

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HSMC-2023-018-4-a-026

2023.018

1980.99.33

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