Loading railroad car, 1955
Item
Title
Loading railroad car, 1955
Description
Several workers load a railroad car with large squash or watermelon. Earl Dyer Ricou photograph published in the Stuart News (26 May 1955) under headline reading "County's Watermelon Production Total Passes Half Million." Caption included with photo reads "New Melon Variety Finds Favor. These are Charleston Greys being loaded into freight car at Indiantown. The variety, early ripening, fine flavored, an excellent shipper, is new to Martin County and met excellent grower response."
Creator
Source
Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.
Publisher
The Stuart News (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 negative; 4x5 inches
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Thurlow-2025-008-subjects-042
2025.008
Original Format
Negatives
Collection
Citation
Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Loading railroad car, 1955,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 2, 2026, https://martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/13525.