Browse Items (915 total)
-
-
Walter Kitching Co., 1917
Walter Kitching (1846-1932) immigrated to the U.S. in 1867 and settled in Florida in about 1883. In 1887 he started a business delivering goods to settlers along Indian River. In 1894, he and wife Emma Michaels built a home in Stuart and grew pineapples and fruit. In 1897, he opened a general store on what's now Flagler Avenue near the railroad and the water; this he sold to Raulerson Grocery Company in 1922. In 1914 he built this second store, which included the town's first cold storage and soda fountain; it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1928. -
View of north Fork St. Lucie River, Stuart, Fla., 1917
Postcard of the F.E.C. railroad bridge across the St. Lucie River, Stuart, Fla. View of large building, train bridge, and landing pier for ferry, and bridgetender's house in upper right. The original wooden Florida East Coast railroad bridge, built in 1894, was replaced by a concrete and steel bridge in 1905. The "auto bridge" was not built until 1918. -
Broster Kitching's post office and home, c. 1910
Broster Kitching (1838-1915) moved the post office from his boarding house on the south side of the railroad tracks to this building on Flagler Avenue. On the right is his home. -
Christensens in front of a small house, c. 1910
Man and woman, labeled The Christensens, standing outside house with large porch and dormer.Tags Dwellings -
Jack McDonald driving delivery car, c. 1916
Young Jackson H. McDonald driving a car with "Walter Kitching "We Have It" on the side. (photo from p. 101 in the Mary McDonald photoalbum)Tags Military uniforms -
Men with sawfish catch, 1916
Group of young men posed with a 14 foot sawfish. (photo from p. 53 in the Mary McDonald photoalbum)Tags Military uniforms -
Lawson Ziegler, c, 1916
Young man in military or boy scout uniform. (photo from p. 107 in the Mary McDonald photoalbum)Tags Military uniforms -
Wedding portrait, c. 1916
Bride and groom, bride in wedding gown and holding a bouquet. (photo from p. 9 in the Mary McDonald photoalbum) -
