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Picking crops on the Matheson Farm in Palm City, c. 1950
Two women in a field. Handwritten on back: Ruth Willis and May Ellen Gilbert, Matheson Farm in Palm City. -
H. W. Kling pineapple shed and cart, 1902
H. W. Kling's pineapple shed with a cart on a track filled with pineapples. -
Loading boxes of grapefruit onto a boat, 1923
"Loading Indian River Fruit on a barge near Stuart, Florida." Three men on a pier load boxes onto a small boat. 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. -
Workmen move boxes of grapefruit, 1923
"Putting luscious grapefruit in field boxes for Yankee breakfast table use. Nowhere else in the world are such fine grapefruit raised as in this Indian River country." Packing crates stamped "Deerfield Groves June 1919." Published in the 1926 birthday event program with the caption "Gathering grapefruit in the Niagara Grove ten miles from Stuart." 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. -
Clearing land, 1923
"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. -
Team of ox hauling fruit, 1923
"Bring in the fruit by ox-team before the canal is completed."
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. -
Planting pineapples near Stuart, 1923
"Planting pineapples near Stuart - ten thousand slips to an acre." Three men, one woman in a bonnet, and three small children planting pineapple slips.
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. -
Harvesting cabbage, c. 1935
Men loading bags of cabbages onto trucks. -
Crew picking grapefruit, c. 1950
Crew of people packing grapefruit.
Image from 100+ years in Indiantown : A Photographic Timeline display boards. Chiefly copies of photographs and clippings affixed to large foam core board. Created by Warfield Elementary Second Grade Classes in 2009, funded by a class enrichment grant from the Martin Educational Foundation to Warfield Elementary teachers Deborah Banks, Robin Newman, Alexis Rooney, Deborah Hutchens, Corinne Rodrigues, Jennifer Deyarmond, and Carol Rey for a project entitled "My Family, My Heritage." Photos used are noted as being from the Elisabeth Lahti Library in Indiantown. -
Crew picking lettuce, c. 1950
Crew of people harvesting lettuce in the field.
Image from 100+ years in Indiantown : A Photographic Timeline display boards. Chiefly copies of photographs and clippings affixed to large foam core board. Created by Warfield Elementary Second Grade Classes in 2009, funded by a class enrichment grant from the Martin Educational Foundation to Warfield Elementary teachers Deborah Banks, Robin Newman, Alexis Rooney, Deborah Hutchens, Corinne Rodrigues, Jennifer Deyarmond, and Carol Rey for a project entitled "My Family, My Heritage." Photos used are noted as being from the Elisabeth Lahti Library in Indiantown.