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1. The Roberts, who migrated to Riviera from the Bahamas in 1915, sit daily under the mango trees in the back yard…
Image Number: PR25416
[left to right: Clarence Sands, Georgie Sands, Wilbur Roberts, Phyllis Smith, William Keye, Mary Jane Roberts, Betty Jean Smith, Bernice Smith]
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2. …of this house at the foot of Oak Street. Electricity is available but cannot be paid for…
Image Number: PR25417
[This house belonged to Wilbur Roberts.]
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3. …because old Wilbur Roberts, who owns the house, is blind…
Image Number: PR25418 |
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4. …and Yankee Dick Smith, his son-in-law, doesn’t do well with the party boat in summer.
Image Number: PR25419
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5. Mary Jane, Wilbur’s wife, is a spry, proud eighty-year old.
Image Number: PR25420
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6. Willie Keye can always be found in the shade of the mangos…
Image Number: PR25421
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7. …plaiting the stuff from which his hat is made or laughing with Mary Jane at a visitors remark.
Image Number: PR25422
[Willie Keye, Wilbur Robert’s brother-in-law, and Mary Jane Roberts.]
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8. The fat, lazy little dog never leaves his master’s side and consequently suffers from lack of exercise.
Image Number: PR25423
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9. On wash day in Conch Town…
Image Number: PR25424
[left to right: Alice Sands, Teresa Sands, Mary Sands. The house belonged to R.R. Ricou and Sons Fish Company.] |
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10. Bernice Smith does the family laundry with the help of a neighbor girl, and will soon have need…
Image Number: PR25425
[Bernice Smith, Wilbur Robert’s daughter, and Estelle White.] |
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![. …of the village Mid-wife [Izzelly Hardin] to add to her present family of two girls and a boy.](../images/wpa/_pr25426.jpg) |
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11. …of the village Mid-wife [Izzelly Hardin] to add to her present family of two girls and a boy.
Image Number: PR25426
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12. The children run more or less wild, unceremoniously discarding clothing to swim in the lake among the rowboats…
Image Number: PR25427 |
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13. …or walking over deep water on rickety docks.
Image Number: PR25428
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14. Evil-tongued little Jean eats mangos, no matter how green, all day long, as do the others.
Image Number: PR25429
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15. Johnny wants anything anyone else has.
Image Number: PR25430
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16. Sometimes a penny or nickel is obtained to spend in the dimestore on Riviera’s main street, U.S. Highway No. 1.
Image Number: PR25431
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17. During the season the “Wobblies” come laden from the sea…
Image Number: PR25432 |
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18. …to their moorings at the fish house…
Image Number: PR25433
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19. …where the men busily prepare fish for market…
Image Number: PR25434
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20. …while old Bill waits patiently for the scraps.
Image Number: PR25435
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21. Evenings, boys cast for mullet to be sold as bait to the party boats.
Image Number: PR25436
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22. In the summer, nets are hung out to dry…
Image Number: PR25437
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23. …the “Kingfish Boats” hauled out for repairs…
Image Number: PR25438
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24. ...and painting.
Image Number: PR25439
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25. The boat yards are busy…
Image Number: PR25440
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26. …where the party boats and launches are sorted for the summer.
Image Number: PR25441
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27. Boys sleep in the fish house on the idle nets.
Image Number: PR25442
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28. The women make hats and fish-scale flowers…
Image Number: PR25443
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29. …which are stored in the community house…
Image Number: PR25444
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30. …to be sold in Palm Beach – seven miles – south – next winter.
Image Number: PR25445
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Introduction | Photographs | Documents | Transcript |
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![. …of the village Mid-wife [Izzelly Hardin] to add to her present family of two girls and a boy.](http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/displayphoto.cfm?IMGURL=http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr25426.jpg)
