Boy with sponges and bananas, Winter 1920
Item
Title
Boy with sponges and bananas, Winter 1920
Subject
Description
Hugh Willoughby III (also referred to as "Billy ") wearing a sailor outfit holds a bunch of bananas in one hand a load of sponges in his other hand. The boy stands on a pier with a large anchor immediately behind him and boats on a waterway are visible in the background. Photo published in the January 1921 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXIII, No. 1) along with an article written by Edythe Willoughby titled “Cruising Among the Florida Keys.” The article details Edythe and Hugh Willoughby Jr’s travels from Miami to the Florida Keys and won the first prize in Power Boating magazine’s annual cruise story competition in 1921. Photo captioned in the article as “‘Billy Boy’ with sponges and bananas bought at Key West.”
Source
Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.
Publisher
The Penton Publishing Company (Cleveland, Ohio)
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 negative; 3.5x5.5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
HSMC-2024-006-W-b1-341
2024.006
2013.33.02.04
Original Format
Negative
Collection
Citation
Hugh de Laussat Willoughby II (1885-1956), “Boy with sponges and bananas, Winter 1920,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/6290.