Clearing land, c. 1921
Item
Title
Clearing land, c. 1921
Subject
Description
"Clearing land for a big pineapple plantation. There are six hundred acres of growing pineapples within two miles of Stuart Shores." Workers in the field with hoes. Stuart Shores was planned for the panhandle of Sewall's Point. Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.
Photograph published in the Farmers Bulletin 1237: Pineapple Culture In Florida from the United States Department of Agriculture, which was issued in November 1921.
Photograph published in the Farmers Bulletin 1237: Pineapple Culture In Florida from the United States Department of Agriculture, which was issued in November 1921.
Source
Scan gift of Bette Kindberg, via Sandra Thurlow.
Publisher
Stuart Commercial Club (Stuart, Fla.)
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; 9.5x7.5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still image
Identifier
Thurlow-2024-022-SCC-007
2024.022
Original Format
Photographic print
Citation
Florida Photographic Concern (Ft. Pierce, Fla.), “Clearing land, c. 1921,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/4976.