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Aerial view of Stuart and St. Lucie River, c. 2000
Aerial view looking northwest over Stuart near downtown with Roosevelt Bridge and St. Lucie river in background. -
Osceola Street and Haney Circle, c. 1950
Buildings on Osceola Street, including Citizen's Bank of Stuart. -
Stuart business district, c. 1950
Buildings at the corner of SW Flagler Avenue and S Colorado Avenue, Stuart, Florida. Businesses include Stuart Tackle Shop, The Style Shop, Lyric Theatre. -
"Speedy" Babbs on motorcycle, 1970
"Speedy" Babbs sits on a parked motorcycle, shaking hands with his friend, Capt. F. A. Adams. Stuart water tower and businesses in view behind the two gentlemen. Louis "Speedy" Babbs was a professional stunt man, driving motorcycles and flying planes for movies, television, and exhibitions all over the country until his retirement in 1966. Babbs advocated against mandatory safety helmet laws and The Stuart News reported on his several arrests and trial for riding a motorcycle around Stuart without a helmet. -
Stuart, Florida, 16 August 1926
Downtown Stuart, including Flagler Avenue, parts of Dixie Highway and Akron Avenue. Businesses on Flagler, left to right: Feed store, cleaners & tailors; Palm Cafe sandwich shop; Leslie A. Devor, general contractor; Backus Realty Co.; Kitching & Eckess; Stuart Drug Co. (St. Lucie Avenue); Reed Wendt Corporation (St. Lucie Avenue); Lyric (showing Black Paradise, a 1926 American silent adventure film starring Madge Bellamy); Bailey's Drugstore. Businesses on Dixie Highway: Consolidated Motor Sales; Standard Oil Company filling station; Chas. F. Dirr Good Year Balloon Tires. On Akron Avenue, the Pappas Building is visible. Also includes a view of the Peacock-Arcade Hotel under construction, the Stuart Railroad Station (including the White entrance), railroad tracks, trains, cars, water towers. -
Confusion Corner, c. 1975
View of Confusion Corner in Stuart, Florida with several vehicles driving through the intersection. Back caption reads "Confusion Corner/ Stuart, Florida/ The confluence of eight streets join to create one of the most confusing intersections a driver could ever imagine. Flagler St., East and West Ocean Blvd., Colorado Ave., A1A North and South, and Dixie Highway all converge into one corner." -
House moving, 1955
House pulled along a road using a trailer and house moving equipment. A sign advertising "C. H. Coffee House Moving" is attached to the structure. Published in the Stuart News (14 July 1955), and identifies the house as the former home of E. J. Ricou. James Herbert Bruner purchased the house and moved it one mile east from 4th Street to Stypmann Boulevard. -
Aerial view looking east, c. 1965
Aerial view looking east over neighborhoods, possibly in the Jensen Beach area, and undeveloped areas with the Indian River and Hutchinson Island in the background. -
Aerial view of residential areas, c. 1965
Aerial view of unidentified residential areas. -
Aerial view over outskirts of town, c. 1959
Aerial view of unidentified area.