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SEXTON FAMILY COLLECTION Finding Aid

12 May 2014 Indian River County Main Library, Archive Center, Vero Beach, FL 1

Title Sexton Family Collection Preferred Citation Sexton Family Collection, Archive Center, Indian River County Main Library, Vero Beach,

Florida. Donation Ralph Sexton Date: 20 April 2008 Accession No. 2008.6 Acquisition Information / Provenance

Sexton family photographs and documents were donated to the library by Ralph and his wife Christine Sexton. The majority of the collection can be attributed to the father Waldo Sexton who settled in Indian River County about 1914.

Creator Various members of the Sexton family including Waldo and his children. Repository Indian River County Main Library, Archive Center 1600 21st Street, 2nd Floor Vero Beach, Florida, 32960 Telephone: 772‐770‐5060 x5 Email: [email protected] Location Archive Center and Genealogy Department, 2nd Floor Indian River County Main Library Extent Four manuscript cases 39 x 27 x 13 cm. Arrangement Family information, ephemera, newspaper articles are in box one. Photographs and

postcards arranged by topic and numbered consecutively are in box two and three. Also includes postcards about the Driftwood Inn. Box four is family mementos and documents collected by Waldo E. Sexton.

Language English Dates c.a. 1885‐2012 Historical Note Waldo E. Sexton was an entrepreneur who traveled to many places and collected items

for his unusual buildings located in Vero Beach, Florida. He was named to the list of “Great Floridians” in 2000 by the Florida Department of State. Born in Shelby County, Indiana, he graduated from high school and attended Purdue University.

In 1918, Waldo Sexton married Elsebeth Adelina Martens in Jacksonville, Florida. He had

four children: Mary Jacqueline Sexton, married Jack Daley; Barbara Louise Sexton married John Robert Tripson; Ralph Waldo Sexton married 1)Hildegard Barrett, 2) Carol Wetherby, 3) Janet Christine Dale; Charles Randolph Sexton married 1) Eleanor Graves, 2) Audrey Graves.

The Buckingham family is related through the mother of Waldo Sexton. Scope and Content Contains photographs, postcards, ephemera, newspapers, periodicals, family research, Index Terms Sexton Family



Sexton, Waldo 1885‐1967 Tripson Family Martens Family Buckingham Family McKee Jungle Gardens Driftwood Inn Ocean Grill

Indian River County (Fla.) – Genealogy Vero Beach, Indian River County, (Fla.) – History Franklin Park, Cook County, Illinois Garden Club of Indian River County Sexton Arms Club – Apartment building Barber, Ohio Columbus (1841‐1920) Barberton, Ohio

Access Unrestricted. The entire collection is open for research. Gloves and clean hands are

required.



BOX 1 – SEXTON FAMILY HISTORY; NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Folder #1 – Sexton Family History SEX‐01‐01‐01 Sexton Family Pedigree Chart and Family Group Sheets SEX‐01‐01‐02 Sexton (Seson) Family Census records SEX‐01‐01‐03 Walter Samuel Buckingham (Waldo’s family) SEX‐01‐01‐04 Sexton Family Obituaries Sarah Sexton – July 12, 1929 Waldo E. Sexton – December 28, 1967 Elsebeth Sexton – April 17, 1986 John R. Tripson – July 14, 1997 Barbara Sexton Tripson – December 23, 2003 Charles Randolph Sexton – March 6, 2005 Ralph Waldo Sexton – September 11, 2014 SEX‐01‐01‐05 William Sexton (Sexson) and Leah Free SEX‐01‐01‐06 Isaac Sexton and Hannah Morgan SEX‐01‐01‐07 Enoch Sexton and Phoebe Stansberry SEX‐01‐01‐08 Isaac Sexton and Sarah A. Buckingham SEX‐01‐01‐09 Waldo Emmerson Sexton and Elsebeth Louisa Martens

1. Profile Mrs. Ralph Waldo Sexton. Indian River Magazine. January 1974. Vol. 1. No. 8 P. 38‐39

2. “Waldo Emerson Sexton, Fountaintown, Ind. (small article describing his personality and education.

SEX‐01‐01‐10 Elsebeth L. Martens Sexton Family and Census records SEX‐01‐01‐11 Chadwick’s History of Shelby County, Indiana – Sexton Family SEX‐01‐01‐12 “Andreu – Sexton” Vero Beach Magazine Feb 2014 – Wedding of Michael Sexton and Felicia Andreu SEX‐01‐01‐13 Waldo Sexton’s Education‐ Purdue Alumni Register 1912‐1916 SEX‐01‐01‐14 Waldo Sexton’s Travels – Passenger lists, etc. SEX‐01‐01‐15 Waldo Sexton’s Businesses / Affiliates / Clubs SEX‐01‐01‐16 Sexton Property SEX‐01‐01‐17 Waldo Sexton Probate/Will SEX‐01‐01‐18 Vero Heritage, Inc. Presents the 1st Annual IRC Pioneer Family Recognition Dinner Honoring the Waldo Sexton Family – March 24, 2000 SEX‐01‐01‐19 Waldo Sexton and the Barberton, Ohio farm. Employed by Ohio Columbus Barber (1841‐1920) from 1911 to 1913. SEX‐01‐01‐20 Obituary Index 1912‐2014 –Page 137 0f 2355 Aug 7 2014

Folder #2 – Sexton Articles, Ephemera, Events & misc. SEX‐01‐02‐01 Great Floridians 2000 – Application SEX‐01‐02‐02 Pioneer Dinner 2000 SEX‐01‐02‐03 The Driftwood Suite – Waldo’s song SEX‐01‐02‐04 Down on the Farm – Indian River Magazine Jan/Feb 2007 – Ralph Sexton, son of Waldo. SEX‐01‐02‐05 When the Mountain Came to Vero Beach – Vero Beach Magazine Nov/Dec 1999 by Sean Sexton SEX‐01‐02‐06 Urban Cowboys – GulfStreamMediaGroup.com March 2007 by Mary Schenkel (Sexton ranch) SEX‐01‐02‐07 Waldo’s World – Intriguing landmarks distinguish Vero Beach Island Life , July 2002 by Geoff Gabriel SEX‐01‐02‐08 Welcome to Waldo’s World Indian River Magazine Jan/Feb 2007 SEX‐01‐02‐09 Family Save Mizner Treasures from Rubble Palm Beach News (online) May 27, 2007



SEX‐01‐02‐10 Sean Sexton Gives Expression to His life Sebastian Sun Week of April 28, 1995 by Diane Murray SEX‐01‐02‐11 Standing the Test of Time: The Architecture of Waldo E. Sexton Treasure Coast Almanac Vol. 7 Issue 3 Jul/Aug/Sep 2002 by Geoff Gabriel SEX‐01‐02‐12 Waldo E. Sexton Florida’s Hibiscus City: Vero Beach by J. Noble Richards, 1968 SEX‐01‐02‐13 Sexton Ranch Protected Indian River Land Trust: News and Happenings [http://indianriverlandtrust.org] Downloaded 7/31/2007 SEX‐01‐02‐14 A Brief History of Waldo E. Sexton (1885‐1967) printed by the Driftwood Inn and Resort SEX‐01‐02‐15 House Party Hotel Lincoln‐Mercury Times Nov/Dec 1950 by Theodore Pratt (Driftwood Inn) SEX‐01‐02‐16 Reprint from House Beautiful June 1960. Several copies were made on cardstock to make available to patrons SEX‐01‐02‐17 Watch Out – Artists in Residence Vero Beach Magazine Dec 2013 SEX‐01‐02‐18 Sexton Legacy Extends Far Beyond Landmarks. Indian River News. Holiday 2013, Vol. 8 #5 SEX‐01‐02‐19 Day Trippin’ with Patti and Vicki Bus Tour, July 23, 2014 – Four page handout SEX‐01‐02‐20 The Walls According to Waldo – Vero Beach Magazine Sep/Oct 2005 (Szechuan Palace or Turf Club) SEX‐01‐02‐21 Remembering Ralph Sexton – Vero’s Voice November 2014 by Jason Redmon. (3 pages) SEX‐01‐02‐22 The Sextons Are Entrepreneurs Of the Year –Vero Beach Magazine May 2015

Box 1 ‐ Folder #3 – Newspaper articles The list below is a finding aid to newspaper articles located in collection box #1. THE NEWSPAPER FILE IS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ‐ PLEASE DO NOT REARRANGE SEX‐01‐03‐01

DATE NEWSPAPER TITLE ARTICLE TITLE

1913 Dec p.11 Indian River Farmer An Agricultural Expert’s Opinion of Indian River Farms – Nov 16, 1913 letter from W. E. Sexton to A. M. Hill

1913 Dec p.12 Indian River Farmer Clippings from Vero: Mr. W. E. Sexton of Cleveland, Ohio arrived in Vero to demonstrate Spaulding Tilling Machine.

1914 Jul 31 Fort Pierce News Growers Association Holds Good Meeting – Bert Sexton

1914 Sep 4 Fort Pierce News Attractive Farm Names Being chosen by Settlers

1914 Dec 4 Fort Pierce News Growers Association Discusses Plans for Fair

1914 Dec 11 Fort Pierce News Big Crowd Comes to Vero on the Regular Excursion (Isaac Sexton of Fountaintown, Ind., arrived…

1914 Dec 18 Fort Pierce News Bert Sexton departed Sunday morning for Shelbyville, Inc.

1915 Feb 13 Fort Pierce News Father of Vero Men Dies in Indiana (Bert Sexton of Vero and his brother, W. E. Sexton…)

1915 Sep 10 Fort Pierce News Have Fine Growth Forage Crops…Sexton Bros., farm

1915 Oct 1 St. Lucie County Tribune Most Important Recent Real Estate transfers: W.E. Sexton, Cuyahaga… 41.34 acres of the Indian River Farms tract

1916 May 12 St. Lucie County Tribune Movement is Set on Foot to Make Vero an Important Potato‐Growing Section

1916 May 12 St. Lucie County Tribune Vero: The Vero Growers’ Association met…

1916 May 19 St. Lucie County Tribune Prospectus Issued Vero Beach Company…

1917 Feb 2 St. Lucie County Tribune W. E. Sexton is now living in his new bungalow…

1917 Feb 2 St Lucie County Tribune Vero: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Martens and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Martens from Franklin Park, Ills., came to Vero last week…

1917 Mar 23 St. Lucie County Tribune Vero: A. L. Brocksmith and daughter, …Mrs. Charles H. Martens and daughter…motored

1917 Jun 15 St. Lucie County Tribune Sexton and Humiston Hosts




1917 Jun 29 St. Lucie County Tribune Mrs. Bohart and son, James Bohart, had as dinner gusts Wednesday…Miss Elsebeth Martens, Messrs. W. E. Sexton

1917 Aug 10 The Fort Pierce News Sexton Fills 32‐ton Silo West of Vero

1918 Aug 27 The St .Lucie County Tribune

Sexton‐Martens Wedding Plans as given out here

1924 Jan 27 Daily Herald, Chicago, IL Franklin Park

1924 Mar 27 Vero Press Visiting Player Get Vero Oranges

1924 Mar 27 Vero Press Vero Man is Among Important Florida Developers

1929 Jul 12 Vero Beach Press Journal Mrs. Sarah Sexton Passes Away

1930 Nov 14 Vero Beach Press Journal Waldo E. Sexton, Developer

1931 Feb 3 Vero Beach Press Journal Sixth Grade Enters Junior High

1937 Dec 17 Vero Beach Press Journal Gardens Creator and Writer

1938 Vero Beach Press Journal Progress Edition: Waldo Sexton Will Remember This (Barn)

1940 May 31 Vero Beach Press Journal To Receive Degree

1944 Nov 17 Vero Beach Press Journal Miss Barbara Sexton Weds

1947 Jan 4 Miami News Backyard Cow (Little Guinea Cow)

1952 May 19 Vero Beach Press Journal Mini‐Moos Make Mogul’s Moola

1953 Mar 22 Miami News [Photo] Vero Beach, March 21—Waldo E. Sexton…(art contest)

1953 Dec 13 Courier‐Express, Buffalo,NY Luxurious Junkpile

1954 Mar 14 The Miami Herald Driftwood Inn’s Unique, and So Is Owner Waldo

1956 Mar 29 Vero Beach Press Journal “Pearl of the Coast,” New Vero Beach “Mountain,” Will Serve as Landmark

1956 Jul 19 Miami Herald Sexton’s Mountain in Danger; He Opens Maneuvers to Save “Pearl”

1957 Sep 1 Palm Beach Post‐Times Vero’s Colorful Citizen Up to Another of His Projects (Turf Club)

1958 Aug 28 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton Offers Reward for Vandal’s Arrest

1958 Nov 6 Vero Beach Press Journal Hats Off To VB’s Waldo Sexton

1958 Nov 13 Vero Beach Press Journal Thanks Folks

1967 Dec 28 Vero Beach Press Journal Waldo E. Sexton Last Rites Held

1971 Dec 12 New York Times They Call It ‘The Damndest Place You Ever Saw’

1971 Dec 12 New York Times & VBPJ Reprint: No title…article about Vero Beach and Waldo

1972 Oct 22 Tropical Home Guide The Last Legacy of Waldo Sexton

1983 Jun 6 Vero Beach Press Journal Vero Pioneer Remembers Early Days

1984 Mar 25 Vero Beach Press Journal Waldo Sexton Is Subject

1986 Apr 19 Vero Beach Press Journal Pioneer Elsebeth Sexton Passes Away At Age 96

1987 Jan 8 Vero Beach Press Journal Some Quiet Time

1987 Oct 4 Vero Beach Press Journal Martinelli, Sexton

1987 Oct 31 Vero Beach Press Journal Local Residents Recall Ghostly Experiences

1989 Apr 16 Vero Beach Press Journal Nursery Specializes In Grown Trees

1989 Jun 4 Vero Beach Press Journal Picture of the Past: Birth of A Barn

1989 Aug 3 Vero Beach Press Journal Bulls, Art: Sexton’s Natural Mix

1990 Sep 13 Vero Beach Press Journal Dancing Through Life: Sexton Finds Release in World Of Graceful Motion

1991 Jul 8 Vero Beach Press Journal Home on the Range

1992 Apr 26 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton, Garreston Marry

1993 May 10 Vero Beach Press Journal People to Watch: Sean Sexton

1993 Jun 6 Vero Beach Press Journal Where’s Waldo’s Mountain

1993 Jun 9 Vero Beach Press Journal Driftwood Inn May Get Historic Status

1993 Jun 26 Vero Beach Press Journal Home on the Range




1993 Oct 31 Vero Beach Press Journal Ghosts of the Treasure Coast

1994 May 23 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton’s Flair For the Unusual Is Evident

1994 Sep 17 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton’s Legacy Thrives In Unusual Buildings

1995 Jun 1 Vero Beach Press Journal Area Citrus Groves Blossom Into Wealth

1997 Jul 14 Vero Beach Press Journal Obituary: John Tripson

1998 Mar Vero Beach Magazine “Out of the Blue” (Sean Sexton)

1999 May 7 Vero Beach Islander Renaissance Rancher

1999 Nov 9 Vero Beach Press Journal They’re Champs Of the Century

2000 Mar 1 Vero Beach Press Journal Waldotecture

2000 Jul 30 Vero Beach Press Journal Look Back in Time: Hauling Citrus

2000 Sep 3 Vero Beach Press Journal Earthy Ephemeralist

2000 Nov 12 Vero Beach Press Journal They Make Whole Known As Waldotecture

2001 Dec 10 Vero Beach Press Journal New Book Traces Steps of Pioneer Sexton

2001 Dec 12 Vero Beach Press Journal Waldo Sexton Book Shows Character

2002 Feb 11 Vero Beach Press Journal Read Sean Sexton’s Account of Waldo’s Mountain

2002 Jun 10 Vero Beach Press Journal The Architecture of Waldo E. Sexton

2002 Jun 24 Vero Beach Press Journal Artist Sean Sexton To Exhibit At Naples Art Center

2002 Jul 15 Vero Beach Press Journal Ralph W. Sexton: Leading Vero Beach’s Pioneer Family into the 21st Century

2002 Sep 9 Vero Beach Press Journal Vero Beach Artist Sean Sexton Brings Hope to Troubled Teens

2002 Sep 29 Vero Beach Press Journal Art And Agriculture

2002 Dec 1 Vero Beach Press Journal Once Upon A Hippie

2002 Dec 22 Vero Beach Press Journal Look Back in Time: The Great Waldo

2003‐2004 Vero Beach Press Journal My Memories go back lifetime

2003 May 5 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton to join Beach Committee

2003 Jun 1 Vero Beach Press Journal Bass‐Tripson Wedding Announcement

2003 Sep 2 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton’s Efforts Outstanding

2004 Jul 11 Vero Beach Press Journal Look Back In Time: The genius of Waldo Sexton

2005 Mar 7 Vero Beach Press Journal Citrus leader Sexton dies

2005 Mar 18 Hometown News Sexton worked, Played hard

2006 Sep 8 Vero Beach Press Journal Community to celebrate Ralph Sexton’s birthday

2006 Sep 11 Vero Beach Press Journal Come Celebrate Ralph W. Sexton’s Birthday

2006 Sep 12 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton to chronicle family history

2006 Sep 21 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton family wants land legacy

2006 Sep 22 Hometown News County honors Ralph Sexton

2006 Oct 16 Vero Beach Press Journal Ralph Waldo Sexton Day

2006 Nov 5 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton’s Honored

2006 Nov 25 Vero Beach Press Journal Activist resigns from committee

2007 Jan 4 Vero Beach Press Journal Panel: Sexton rights worth it

2007 Jan 13 Vero Beach Press Journal Will Indian River purchase a jewel of conservation?

2007 Jan 17 Vero Beach Press Journal Decision on Sexton ranch delayed

2007 Jan 21 Vero Beach Press Journal County plans to buy preserve

2007 Feb 9 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton ranch drops in value; little effect on rights purchase

2007 Feb 10 Vero Beach Press Journal Sexton offers tours if county buys rights

2007 Feb 21 Vero Beach Press Journal County buys Sexton ranch rights

2007 Mar 29 Vero Beach Press Journal County advisory committee considers land preservation deal

2007 May 27 Palm Beach News Family saves Mizner treasures from rubble

2007 May 27 Vero Beach Press Journal Look back in time: Waldo Sexton at work




2007 Oct 15 Vero Beach Press Journal For Treasure Coast counties, how will the long‐neglected west be won?

2008 June 2 Indian River Press Journal Tour an old‐style cattle ranch

2008 June 6 Indian River Press Journal Documentary offers ‘first‐hand, close‐up look’ at county’s cattle‐ranching roots

2008 Nov 2 Indian River Press Journal Look back in time: 1914 Waldo Sexton’s demonstration

2009 Jul 21 Mountain Democrat “Happy Birthday, Mom” by Chris Daley

2009 Oct 4 Indian River Press Journal Remember When: Memories abound from stay at one of Waldo’s won

2009 Oct 19 Treasure Coast Palm Waldo Sexton’s successful business legacy continues

2010 Mar 26 Indian River Press Journal Gardening, ‘Waldo’s Way’

2010 Apr 15 Vero Beach 32963 An old Florida family leaves legacy of art, land

2010 Apr 15 Vero Beach 32963 Design district blossoms with aid of island art lovers

2010 Nov 18 Vero Beach 32963 Sexton poems focus on raw life of cattle ranching

2012 Oct 17 Vero Beach Newsweekly Discovering Waldo’s Secret Garden

2012 Nov 7 Indian River Newsweekly Documentary film features rancher Sean Sexton

2013 Aug 5 Scripps Treasure Coast Rise of the Treasure Coast: Longtime residents share memories of area’s development

2013 Aug 21 Scripps Treasure Coast Sexton ranch possible national landmark

2014 July 23 Indian River Newsweekly See what in the world Waldo built

2014 Sep 12 Scripps Treasure Coast Pioneering family patriarch dies

2014 Sep 15 Scripps Treasure Coast Obituary: Ralph Sexton

2014 Sep 17 Indian River Newsweekly End of an Era: Ralph Sexton

2014 Sep 17 Indian River Newsweekly Area pioneer, cattleman, businessman Ralph Sexton helped build community

2014 Sep 18 Vero Beach Newsweekly Ralph Sexton: Vero Loses a gentle giant

2014 Sep Vero Beachside News Ralph Sexton, 86, Hero to many, dies

2015 Feb 2015 Indian River Newsweekly An Honest Eccentric

2015 Mar 1 Scripps Treasure Coast Marygrace knows best at Orchid Island juice company

2015 Mar 6 Scripps Treasure Coast Juice Company owners honored

2015 Mar 11 Your Newsweekly Bobby and Mary Grace Sexton named 2015 Entrepreneurs of the year

2015 Mar 16 Luminaries IRSC Foundation names Bobby and Marygrace Sexton ‘Entrepreneurs of the year’

Box 1 ‐ Folder #4 – Garden Club of Indian River County Flower Show at the Sexton homes – 27‐28 March 2010 SEX‐01‐04‐01 Waldo’s Way – Home Standard Flower Show presented by The Garden Club of Indian River County, Inc. At the original homestead of Waldo Sexton (Tripson family home) 5020 12th Street, Vero Beach, Florida. Saturday, March 27, and Sunday March 28, 2010. [2 Copies] SEX‐01‐04‐02 Flower Show to celebrate Vero Beach Pioneer Waldo Sexton, landmark structures. TCPalm

March 25, 2010 SEX‐01‐04‐03 Photographs taken by Pam Cooper (Archive Librarian at IRC Library) at the flower show. All pictures are also on a DVD‐R.

1. Roofline and porch of the Tripson/Sexton home. 2. Another view of the roofline and porch. 3. Bonsai tree? 4. Floor and tile on the outside of the home. 5. Garden with many plants.



6. Trees and plants. 7. Covered porch with rock garden and plants. 8. Dinosaur in the garden. 9. Covered porch with several women and plant displays. 10. Another view of the dinosaur in the garden. 11. Dinosaur head. 12. Dinosaur among the trees. 13. Another view of dinosaur among the trees.

BOX 2 – PHOTOGRAPHS No. Color Size Photographer Description Authority File

0001 color 8.5x11 Cattle among trees Cattle

0002 color 5.5x8.5 Tree trunks in cattle lot Tree trunks

0003 color 5.5x8.5 Cattle among trees Cattle

0004 color 8.5x11 Cattle Cattle

0005 color 5.5x8.5 Cattle Cattle

0006 color 5.5x8.5 Cattle with rancher Cattle/rancher

0007 color 5.5x8.5 Cattle among trees Cattle

0008 color 5.5x8.5 Trees Trees

0009 b/w 8.5x11 Rancher with cattle Rancher/cattle

0010 b/w 8.5x11 Bob Palmer Ranchers with cattle Ranchers/cattle

0011 b/w 8.5x11 Newspaper article: Treasure Hammock Ranch Article

0012 b/w 8.5x11 3 ranchers Ranchers

0013 b/w 8.5x11 Bob Palmer 4 ranchers with cattle Ranchers/cattle

0014 b/w 8.5x11 Cattle Cattle

0015 b/w 8.5x11 6 ranchers with dogs Ranchers

0016 b/w 8.5x11 Boy on horse herding cattle Boy/horse/cattle

0017 color 8x10 Note and drawing by Mike Note/drawing

0018 color 4x6 Boy sitting on fence Boy

0019 color 4x6 Cattle Cattle

0020 color 4x6 Boy herding cattle Boy/cattle

0021 b/w 8.5x11 Trees in the woods trees

0022 color 8.5x11 Butterfly on flower Butterfly/flower

0023 color 8.5x11 Trees Trees

0024 color 8.5x11 Wild flowers Wild flowers

0025 color 4x6 Owl in tree Owl

0026 color 4x6 Animal tracks in mud Animal tracks

0027 color 4x6 Trees Trees

0028 color 5.5x8.5 Sunset with trees in foreground Sunset

0029 color 5.5x8.5 Sunset with trees in foreground Sunset

0030 color 8.5x11 Sunset with trees in foreground Sunset

0031 color 8x10 Tripson’s Dairy – Waldo & son‐in‐law John Tripson on 12th Street

Sextpn & Tripson families

0032 b/w 8x10 Tripson’s Dairy – Waldo Sexton Waldo Sexton

0033 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Waldo Sexton Day – November 5, 1958 – Band Band

0034 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Sexton Day parade float – John Tripson milking cow in front of Beachland Casino – November 5, 1958

Tripson family, Sexton parade



No. Color Size Photographer Description Authority File

0035 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Waldo Sexton day parade float depicting Waldo selling aluminum cooking utensils to Mrs. Potter Palmer, c\Chicago socialite. He didn’t know he should have gone to the back door.

Sexton family, Sexton parade. Mrs. Potter Palmer

0036 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Sexton Day parade float depicting Waldo and Elsebeth Sexton, in front of Beachland Casino. Waldo Sexton following float.

Sexton family

0037 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Elsebeth & Waldo Sexton with daughters Jacqueline & Barbara

Sexton family

0038 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Waldo Sexton at Sexton Plaza at Waldo Sexton Day

Sexton family

0039 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer John Tripson and mother‐in‐law Elsebeth Sexton

Sexton & Tripson families

0040 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton, “Little Waldo”, & John Tripson Sexton & Tripson families

0041 b/w 5x7 Arthur Mayfield Hill Photography

“This was on Osceola Blvd between Mayers Department Store and Ann’s Tavern. I was giving demonstrations of Spaulding Tilling Machine. Toney Young at the wheel.” Nov, 1914

Sexton and Young families,

0042 b/w 5x7 “From Depot to Sleepy Eye Lodge. These people were prospects for Indian River Farms.”

Indian River Farms

0043 b/w 8.5x11 Waldo Sexton at McKee Gardens with Cypress tree stump

McKee Gardens, Waldo Sexton

0044 b/w 8.5x11 R.E. Brinckerhoff McKee Gardens and Cypress Tree stump McKee Gardens

0045 b/w 5x7 McKee Gardens bringing in Cypress Tree stump McKee Gardens

0046 b/w 8.5x11 McKee Gardens parking lot along U.S. 1 and Cypress Tree Stump

McKee Gardens

0047 b/w 8.5x11 McKee Gardens building Spanish Kitchen. Truesdale (?)

McKee Gardens, Spanish Kitchen

0048 b/w 7.5x9.5 R.E. Brinckerhoff McKee Gardens, Stone Bridge McKee Gardens, Stone Bridge



0051 b/w 8.5x11 R.E. Brinckerhoff McKee Gardens McKee Gardens

0052 b/w 8.5x11 McKee Gardens and Royal Palms McKee Gardens

0053 b/w 8.5x11 McKee Gardens – Waldo Sexton and Royal Palms

McKee Gardens, Sexton Family

0054 b/w 8.5x11 R.E. Brinckerhoff McKee Gardens and Royal Palms McKee Gardens

0055 b/w 8.5x11 McKee Gardens and Royal Palms McKee Gardens

0056 b/w 8.5x11 Florida Photographic Concern

Canoeing in McKee Gardens McKee Gardens

0057 b/w 8.5x11 Bringing parrots to McKee Gardens McKee Gardens

0058 b/w 8.5x11 Monkeys at McKee Gardens McKee Gardens

0059 b/w 8.5x11 Monkey and a turkey at McKee Gardens McKee Gardens




0060 b/w 8.5x11 Florida Photographic Concern

Waldo Sexton and spider monkeys at McKee Gardens

McKee Gardens, Sexton family, monkeys

0061 b/w 8x10 Mahogany table in front of warehouse in New York City

McKee Gardens, mahogany table

0062 b/w R.I. Nesmith and Associates, N.Y.C.

Moving the mahogany table out of New York City warehouse


0063 color 3.5x5.5 Post card: Hall of Giants, McKee Jungle Gardens

McKee Gardens, Hall of Giants

0064 b/w 8x10 Stack Photographic Service, Ft Pierce

Mahogany slab with 15 men sitting and standing on it.



Moving mahogany slab. McKee Gardens, mahogany table





0068 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: artistic bust from Copenhagan, Denmark

Post card

0069 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: castle in France Post card

0070 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: lifting horse on or off boat Post card

0071 b/w 3.5x4.5 Man with drink Man

0072 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: man with reindeer in Norway Post card

0073 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: building in Norway Post card

0074 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo Sexton sitting on stool in Toledo, Spain Waldo Sexton

0075 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo Sexton in front of sculpture at Garden El Greco, Spain

Waldo Sexton

0076 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo Sexton at El Greco, Spain Waldo Sexton

0077 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo Sexton at El Greco, Spain Waldo Sexton

0078 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo & Elsebeth Sexton in Granada, Spain 1954

Sexton Family


Sexton Family


Sexton Family


Sexton Family

0082 b/w 3.5x4 Waldo Sexton on European trip Waldo Sexton

0083 b/w 3.5x5.5 Waldo Sexton shopping on European trip Waldo Sexton

0084 b/w 3.5x4 Waldo Sexton Waldo Sexton

0085 color 3.5x3.5 Waldo and Elsebeth Sexton Sexton Family

0086 b/w 3x4.4 Clock Clock

0087 b/w 5x7 Arthur G. McKee with monkey Arthur G. Mckee

0088 b/w 8x10 Grady Tyner, Vero Beach

Waldo Sexton at Patio Restaurant Waldo Sexton




0089 color 8x10 Waldo Sexton at iron fence Waldo Sexton

0090 b/w 8x10 Waldwell Jones, Tucson, Arizona

Old cannon at the Driftwood Driftwood Inn

0091 b/w 5x7 Waldo & Elsebeth Sexton in front huge jars, Spain

Sexton Family

0092 b/w 8x10 Driftwood office Driftwood Inn

0093 b/w 6x9 Women reading in front of fireplace Interior room

0094 b/w 8x10 Waldo and Elsebeth Sexton in Europe Sexton Family

0095 b/w 8x10 Large bell in Europe Large bell Europe

0096 b/w 8x10 Dixie Photo Service, Miami, FL

6 Men men

0097 b/w 8x10 Original dining room over breezeway, Driftwood Inn

Driftwood Inn

0098 b/w 3.5x4 Library, 1028 20th Place, Vero Beach – Waldo Sexton

Library, Waldo Sexton



00100 b/w 3.5x4 Library, 1028 20th Place, Vero Beach Library



00102 b/w 3.5x4 Library, 1028 20th Place, Vero Beach – Waldo Sexton and women


00103 b/w 8x10 Delarobia plaque Plaque

00104 b/w 8x10 Art work in interior room Art work


Waldo Sexton dresses in Seminole clothes Waldo Sexton


Art work and fireplace in interior room Art work

00107 b/w 8x10 Man in front of art display Man

00108 b/w 3x4

00109

00110 b/w 8x10 Fossils Fossils


Man in room with art work Man

00112 b/w 8x10 Stack Photographic Service, Fr Pierce

Man in room with art work Man

00113 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinckerhoff Royal Palm Place and Boulevard Royal Palm Place

00114 b/w 5x7 Gus & Emma’s Ocean Grill – 31 Dec 1947 Ocean Grill

00115 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: Gus & Emma’s Ocean Grill Ocean Grill

00116 b/w 3.5x6 Gus & Emma’s Ocean Grill – 31 Dec 1941 Ocean Grill

00117 b/w 3.5x5.5 Post card: Gus & Emma’s Ocean Grill – 31 Dec 1941

Ocean Grill









00123 b/w 5x7 Gus & Emma’s Ocean grill Ocean Grill

00124 b/w 4.5x6 Ocean Grill – 8 foot mahogany dining table – “largest known”

Ocean Grill

00125 b/w 4X5 Waldo Sexton and large mahogany dining table Ocean Grill

00126 b/w 8x10 Ocean Grill – art panel, lady on a horse – also young women

Ocean Grill

00127 b/w 8x10 Ocean Grill and 8 foot mahogany dining table Ocean Grill

00128 b/w 8x10 Jan Hankowski, Ft Lauderdale, FL

Ocean Grill bar Ocean Grill

00129 b/w 8x10 Ocean Grill bar Ocean Grill

00130 b/w 3.5x3.5 Turf Club (now Szechuan Palace, 1965 43rd Ave) 1939 ½ Ave built in the late 1950’s by Waldo Sexton

Waldo Sexton, Turf Club, Szechuan Palace



00132 b/w 3.5x3.5 Turf Club (now Szechuan Palace, 1965 43re Ave) 1939 ½ Ave built in the late 1950’s by Waldo Sexton




00134 b/w 8x10 Turf Club (now Szechuan Palace, 1965 43rd Ave) 1939 ½ Ave built in the late 1950’s by Waldo Sexton


00135 b/w 8x10 Turf Club (now Szechuan Palace 1965 43rd Ave) 1939 ½ Ave built in the late 1950’s by Waldo Sexton


00136 b/w 5x7 Patio Restaurant, 1103 21st St opened in 1945 by Waldo Sexton as an ice cream parlor, grew into a restaurant

Waldo Sexton, Patio Restaurant

00137 b/w 8x10 Patio Restaurant, 1103 21st St opened in 1945 by Waldo Sexton as an ice cream parlor, grew into a restaurant

Waldo Sexton, Patio Restaurant

00138 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Photography

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November, 5, 1958 – Vero Beach Jaycees float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Jaycees float


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Vero Beach High School Band

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Vero Beach High School Band

00140 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Honor Guard, Horse, Vero Beach High School Band

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Honor Guard, Vero Beach High School Band




00141 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Vero Beach High School Bend, Honor Guard

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Vero Beach High School Band, Honor Guard


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – boys in uniform possibly band

Waldo Sexton Day Parade


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Garden Club Amaryllis Circle float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Garden Club Amaryllis Circle


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Garden Club Poinsettia Circle float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, garden Club Poinsettia Circle


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Vero Beach Board of Realtors float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Vero Beach Board of Realtors


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Dolphinettes float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Dolphinettes

00147 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – cars



Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Epsilon Eta of Beta Sigma Phi float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Epsilon Eta of Beta Sigma Phi


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Beta Sigma Phi float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Beta Sigma Phi


Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – portrayals of Elsbeth & Waldo Sexton



Waldo Sexton Day Parade, November 5, 1958 – Elds Lodge 1774 float

Waldo Sexton Day Parade, Elks Lodge 1774

00152 b/w 5.5x3.3 Waldo’s Mountain from Bethel Creek Waldo’s Mountain

00153 b/w 3.5x3.5 Cement truck ‐ building Waldo’s Mountain Waldo’s Mountain

00154 b/w 3.5x3.5 Building Waldo’s Mountain Waldo’s Mountain

00155 b/w 3.5x3.5 2 story house under renovation House

00156 color 3.5x3.3 Man carving wood Man carving

00157 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man & women on picnic table Man & women

00158 b/w 8x5 Restaurant sign Sign

00159 b/w 4.5x3.5 Cattle Cattle

00160 b/w 6x3.5 Waldo Sexton & man with fish “When I had time to Fish”

Waldo Sexton




00161 b/w 4.5x2.5 Waldo Sexton with plant Waldo Sexton

00162 color 3.5x3.5 Circus wagon Circus wagon

00163 b/w 5x7 R.M. Brinckerhoff Carved Wood table Table

00164 b/w 5x7 R.M. Brinckerhoff Carved wood bench Bench

00165 b/w 5x7 Fireplace in room Fireplace

00166 b/w 5x7 L.L. Cook Company

Fireplace in room Fireplace

00167 b/w 5x7 Men at large tree in a forest Tree

00168 b/w 5x7 Men at large tree in a forest Tree

00169 b/w 5x7 Men at large tree in a forest Trees

00170 b/w 5x7 Riverbank Riverbank

00171 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton and African American workers with Waldo’s artifacts and décor.

Waldo Sexton, African Americans, artifacts, décor

00172 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton and African American workers with Waldo’s artifacts and décor.

Waldo Sexton, African Americans, artifacts décor.

00173 b/w 8x10 Building with architectural features, artifacts & décor

Architectural features, artifacts, decor

00174 b/w 8x10 Bob Palmer Photographer

Man stirring cast iron pot hanging in outdoor fireplace with large andirons

Man, fireplace, pot


Cast iron pot hanging in outdoor fireplace with large andirons


Decorative wall panel, decorative artifacts Wall panel, artifacts

00177 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton with decorative wall hangings Waldo Sexton, wall hangings

00178 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton, African American workers with artifacts

Waldo Sexton, African Americans, artifacts

00179 b/w 8x10 Decorative piece of furniture Furniture

00180 b/w 8x10 Sam R. Quincey Studded wood door, decorative molding Studded door, decorative molding

00181 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton working on wood carving Waldo Sexton, wood carving

00182 b/w 8x10 Max Hunn Man grilling steak on outside grill fireplace Man, fireplace

00183 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton and man on work car on wooden railroad

Waldo Sexton, wooden railroad

00184 b/w 8x10 Skiscim Portrait Sttudio

Waldo Sexton showing a round plaque of map, picture, elephant & lantern to a man & woman

Waldo Sexton, plaque of map, picture, elephant, lantern




00185 b/w 8x10 Skicism Portrait Studio



00186 b/w 8x10 Skiscim Portrait Studio



00187 b/w 8x10 Skiscim Portrait Studio

Detail of large plaque of map Plaque of map

00188 b/w 8x10 Men walking along dirt road Men

00189 b/w 8x10 Stack Photographic Service

House with patched roof & over grown vegetation

house

00190 b/w 8x10 Brinckerhoff Commercila Photography

Wooden wall with shelves in room Wooden wall

00191 b/w 8x10 Mosaic tile with Asian theme in front of GT Rhodes on Beachland Blvd in Sexton Plaza – used to be at the Ocean Grill

Mosaic tile, GT Rhodes

00192 b/w 8x10 Mosaic tile with Asian theme in front of GT Rhodes on Beachland Blvd in Sexton Plaza

Mosaic tile, GT Rhodes

00193 b/w 8x10 Truesdale and man on beach with items washed up from the ocean

Truesdale, man

0194 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton & 2 men with driftwood on the beach

Waldo Sexton, Driftwood

00195 b/w 8x10 Tom Howell with bones Tom Howell, bones

00196 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton’s eclectic collection of art with Indian theme – many elephants, statutes, plaques, decorative swords, keys etc.

Waldo Sextons, art collection

00197 b/w 8x10 Waldo Sexton’s eclectic collection of art with Reader’s Digest, House Beautiful, Life, True, Holiday, Time magazines.

Waldo Sexton, art collection










































00217 Color 4x3.5 John Tripson and Hugh Russell conversing John Tripson & Hugh Russell

00218 b/w 5x7 “This chap is little Driftwood (Shields) from Indianapolis. His parents brag that he was conceived at Driftwood”

Driftwood Shields

00219 b/w 3.5x5 Woman in Seminole Indian dress Seminole Indian dress




00220 b/w 4.5x5.5 John M. Benton Studio

Portrait of a man Man

00221 b/w 5x7 Man standing in front of building with artist pallet

man

00222 b/w 5x7 Man standing in front of building with artist pallet

man

00223 b/w 5x7 Woman sitting on bench with artist pallet Woman

00224 b/w 5x7 Woman sitting on window sill with artist pallet Woman

00225 b/w 5x7 Woman posing in front of stone wall Woman


Women sitting on round stump table behind the Driftwood Hotel

Woman

00227 b/w 4.5x6 Portrait of Lenore Graves Lenore Graves

00228 b/w 8x10 Max Hunn Man in kitchen cutting a steak Man

00229 b/w 8x10 Wedding at the Driftwood Hotel –(“Winnie” Operator of the Driftwood)

Winnie, Driftwood

00230 b/w 8/10 Wedding set‐up at the Driftwood Hotel Driftwood

00231 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinckerhoff Waldo Sexton and 4 men in front of a Cherrin Bros. Co. truck

Waldon Sexton, Cherrin Bros. Co.

00232 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinckerhoff Waldo Sexton and 4 men in front of a Cherrin Bros. Co. truck

Waldo Sexton, Cherrin Bros. Co.

00233 b/w 8x10 Dixie Photo Service

Farmers Production Credit Association – Board of Directors, Feb 16, 1956 – 6 men standing in front of a table

Farmers Production Credit Association Board of Directors

00234 b/w 8x10 A crowd of men being photographed Men

00235 b/w 8x10 3 men sitting on a bench Men

00236 b/w 8x10 A group of men with beards Men

00237 b/w 8x10 A crowd of people a a cook‐out Cook‐out

00238 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinckerhoff 6 men with carpentry tools on a rounded staircase

men

BOX 3 – DRIFTWOOD – See also vertical file. No. D Color Size Photographer Description Authority File

00239 b/w 2.5x3.5 The Driftwood Inn entrance sign Driftwood

00240 b/w 2.5x3.5 The Driftwood Inn main building Driftwood

00241 b/w 2.5x3.5 Driftwood inn out‐door tables & cannon Driftwood

00242 b/w 2.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – ocean side Driftwood

00243 b/w 2.5x3.5 Driftwood on the Ocean – Oceanside deck Driftwood

00244 b/w 2.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn –out door tables Driftwood

00245 4 b/w 2.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn –main & side buildings, “operated by Winnie”

Driftwood, Winnie

00246 color 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – front of main building Driftwood

00247 2 color 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn‐ front of main building Driftwood

00248 1 color 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – side building Driftwood

00249 1 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – entrance gate Driftwood

00250 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – entrance Driftwood

00251 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – drawing of main building

Driftwood



No. D Color Size Photographer Description Authority File

00252 color 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – main building Driftwood

00253 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – entrance gate Driftwood

00254 1 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn– main building & side building

Driftwood

00255 3 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – cottages & dining room Driftwood

00256 1 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – main building Driftwood

00257 2 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn ‐main building Driftwood

00258 b/w 3.5x5.5 R.M. Brinckerhoff

Postcard: Driftwood Inn – main, & side buildings, “largest piece of driftwood in the world”

Driftwood

00259 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – cottages & dining room Driftwood

00260 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn– main & side buildings Driftwood

00261 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn– cottages & dining room Driftwood

00262 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn Driftwood

00263 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – pair of bells & “a pair of bellringers who ring the guests out of the Driftwood Inn”

Driftwood

00264 b/w 3.5x5.5 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – Spanish cannon Driftwood, Spanish cannon

00265 b/w 5.5x8 Postcard: Driftwood Inn – ocean side of main building

Driftwood

00266 color 3.5x9 Driftwood Inn Christmas card signed by staff Driftwood

00267 b/w 4.5x6 Driftwood Inn ‐ drawing of Ponce de Leon guest room

Driftwood

00268 b/w 4.5x6 Driftwood Inn – drawing of Ponce de Leon guest room

Driftwood

00269 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large plaque Driftwood

00270 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large plaque held by African American workers

Driftwood, African‐ Americans

00271 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large plaque held by African American workers

Driftwood, African‐ Americans

00272 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – stage with large plaque over microphone

Driftwood

00273 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large decorative artifacts being moved of from truck

Driftwood

00274 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinckerhoff

Driftwood Inn – 2 large oval plaques Driftwood

00275 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large ceiling decoration Driftwood

00276 b/w 8x10 Kurt Severin Driftwood Inn – Pope’s chair in dining room Driftwood, pope’s chair

00277 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – large bell Driftwood bell

00278 1 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – decorative tiles Driftwood

00279 b/w 8x10 Frank Turgeon, Jr

Driftwood Inn – long bench/table Driftwood

00280 b/w 8x10 Herbert H. Foster

Driftwood Inn – wooden door Driftwood

00281 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – guest room Driftwood





Driftwood Inn – guest room Driftwood


00284 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – guest room with guest sitting at desk

Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – exterior door with art work on both sides

Driftwood

00286 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – thick wood free form tables in lounge

Driftwood

00287 b/w 8x10 Brinckerhoff Driftwood Inn – thick wood free form tables on beach side deck

Driftwood

00288 b/w 8x10 Brinckerhoff Driftwood Inn – thick wood free form table in “Snug Harbor”

Driftwood

00289 b/w 8x10 Robert H. Foster

Driftwood Inn – front facade Driftwood

00290 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn ‐ roof Driftwood

00291 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – corner of building with wood supports

Driftwood

00292 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – front of building with guests holding Swiss cow bells

Driftwood

00293 1 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – front of building with guests departing

Driftwood

00294 b/w 8x10 Florida State News Bureau

Driftwood Inn – 2 antique cars in front of building, 2 people

Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – 2 antique cars with 10 people in front of them

Driftwood


Driftwood Inn ‐ Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00297 b/w 8/10 Skiscim Studio

Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton in convertible Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00298 b/w 8x10 Skiscim Studio

Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton in Convertible Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00299 b/w 8x10 R.M Brinckerhoff

Driftwood Inn ‐ Driftwood

00300 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – entrance to the Driftwood Inn Driftwood,


Driftwood Inn – aerial view of beach side Driftwood, aerial view

00302 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – aerial view of beach side Driftwood, aerial view


Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton with 6 people Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00304 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – Kay Taylor, Priscila Lewis, Waldo Sexton, Charlotte, Dick Lake (manager of the Driftwood Inn)

Driftwood, Waldo Sexton, Kay Taylor, Priscila Lewis, Charlotte, Dick Lake


Driftwood Inn – 11 people being served a meal Driftwood





Driftwood Inn – 6 men eating a meal Driftwood

00307 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – sail fish taken off the Driftwood Driftwood

00308 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – caught sail fishing off the Driftwood

Driftwood

00309 b/w 8x10 R.M. Brinkerhoff

00310 b/w 8x10 Kurt Severin Driftwood Inn – 2 people in Ocean with old fashion Swiss cow‐bell

Driftwood, Swiss cow‐bell


Driftwood Inn – 3 people ringing a bell Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – 2 women bell ringers Driftwood

00313 b/w 8x10 Max Hunn Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton ringing bell Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00314 b/w 8x10 Max Hunn Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton on balcony Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00315 1 b/w 8x10 Skiscim Camera Store

Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton, Elsbeth & another woman with drawings of the Driftwood Inn

Driftwood, Waldo & Elsbeth Sexton

00316 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – entrance Driftwood

00317 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – façade of building Driftwood,

00318 b/w 8x10 Driftwood Inn – entrance Driftwood,

00319 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – façade of building Driftwood

00320 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – entrance Driftwood

00321 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – façade of building Driftwood

00322 1 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – beachside façade of building Driftwood

00323 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – beach side facade of building Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – wood free form table Driftwood

00325 1 b/w 5x7 R.M. Brinckerhoff

Driftwood Inn – wood free form table Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – large slice of cypress wood Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – large slice of cypress wood Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – man & woman sitting on ornate bed

Driftwood

00329 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – bells at entrance of building Driftwood

00330 1 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – decorative artifacts & bells at front of building

Driftwood

00331 1 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – indoor dining room Driftwood

00332 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – wood free form bench & woven wall hanging

Driftwood


Driftwood Inn – outdoor sitting area Driftwood

00334 b/w 5x7 Driftwood Inn – man & woman with sail fish Driftwood

00335 b/w 6.5x8.5 M.L. White –Cincinnati Post

Driftwood Inn – the “Patio” 1949 Driftwood




00336 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – bells Driftwood

00337 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn ‐ bells Driftwood







00344 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – door with hanging bell Driftwood

00345 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – door with hanging bell Driftwood


00347 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn Driftwood

00348 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – wall display of artifacts Driftwood

00349 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – sculpture in front of wood door Driftwood

00350 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn Driftwood

00351 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – 2 men Driftwood

00352 b/w 3x4 Driftwood Inn – large piece of wood Driftwood

00353 b/w 3x4 Driftwood Inn – Large piece of wood Driftwood

00354 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – statute of Cervantes from Barcelona, Spain

Driftwood, Statute 0f Cervantes

00355 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – decorative artifacts Driftwood, artifacts

00356 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – 2 women sitting in ornate chairs Driftwood

00357 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton with ornate frill work

Driftwood, Waldo Sexton

00358 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – man with picture Driftwood

00359 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – large picture Driftwood

00360 b/w 3/4 Driftwood Inn – Waldo Sexton with construction workers








00364 b/w 3/4 Driftwood Inn – walkway with ornate grill work Driftwood

00365 b/w 3/4 Driftwood Inn – walkway with ornate grill work Driftwood

00366 b/w 3.5x3.5 Driftwood Inn – picture of horse Driftwood

00367 b/w 3/5.5 Driftwood Inn – kitchen chefs: Sonny, Otis, ML & Freddie – “You have never lived until’ you have eaten one of ML’s Lemon Meringue Pies.”

Driftwood, Sonny, Otis, ML, Freddie

00368 b/w 2x2.5 McClellan Photo

Driftwood Inn – large ship’s wheel Driftwood, ship’s wheel

00369 b/w 2.5x2.5 McClellan Photo

Driftwood Inn – Spanish cannon Driftwood, Spanish cannon

00370 b/w 2.5x2.5 McClellan Photo

Driftwood Inn – large bell Driftwood, bell




00371 b/w 4x5 Driftwood Inn – Entrance Driftwood, entrance

00372 b/w 4x5 Driftwood Inn –Entrance Driftwood, entrance

00373 1 b/w 4x5 Driftwood Inn – Entrance Driftwood, entrance

00374 1 b/w 4x5 Driftwood Inn – Entrance Driftwood, entrance



00377 1 b/w 4x5 Skiscim Studio Photographers

Driftwood Inn – large ornate panels Driftwood

00378 b/w 4x6 Driftwood Inn – dining room Driftwood, dining room

00379 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn ‐ Driftwood

00380 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn – beachside view – “Driftwood, the Inn built of the combings of the sea. With the appearance of an enlarged fisherman’s shack on the outside, it’s interior has the finish and luxuriousness of the finest Inns to be found at home or abroad.”

Driftwood

00381 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn – beachside view Driftwood

00382 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn Driftwood

00383 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn – beachside view Driftwood


00385 b/w 11x14 Driftwood Inn – hibiscus bush Driftwood

00386 color 3.5x3.5 Waldo Sexton standing by gate in Hawaii Waldo Sexton

00387 b/w 3.5x3.5 Ornate artifacts Artifacts

00388 b/w 3.5x3.5 Ornate table Table

00389 b/w 3.5x3.5 2 women sitting on ornate table Table

00390 b/w 3.5x3.5 2 women standing on ornate table Table

00391 b/w 3.5x3.5 2 women standing on ornate table Table

00392 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man with ornate panel Panel

00393 b/w 3.5x3.5 Ornate panel Panel




00397 b/w 3.5x3.5 Ornate artifact on wall Artifact

00398 b/w 3.5x3.5 Woman with ornate grill work Grill work



00401 b/w 3.5x3.5 Open doors into Patio Restaurant Patio Restaurant

00402 b/w 3.5x3.5 Plaque on side of Patio Restaurant Patio Restaurant






00405 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man next to crest on wooden door Wooden door

00406 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man painting crest on wooden door Wooden door

00407 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man painting crest on wooden door Wooden door

00408 b/w 3.5x3.5 Wooden bench Wooden bench

00409 b/w 3.5x3.5 Round tables and umbrellas Round tables, umbrellas

00410 b/w 3.5x3.5 Man and woman sitting on picnic tables Man, woman

00411 b/w 3.5x3.5 Woman next to wooden artifacts Artifacts

00412 b/w 3x4 Large bell Bell

00413 b/w 4x5 Wooden paneled door Wooden door

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD ‐ POSTCARDS No. D Color Size Photographer Description Authority File

00414 5 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Wrought iron Siamese Peacocks from home of Marco Polo

Driftwood Inn

00415 2 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: The Deck Driftwood “On the Ocean” Vero Beach

Driftwood Inn

00416 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: The Dining Room Driftwood by the Sea Driftwood Inn

00417 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Front Deck Area Driftwood by the Sea Driftwood Inn

00418 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: View from Ocean side of Dining Room Driftwood Inn

00419 1 Color 6x3.5 Postcard: Color Post Card of Driftwood Inn and Beach

Driftwood Inn

00420 1 Color 6x3.5 Postcard: Color Post Card Pool Area Driftwood Inn Driftwood Inn

00421 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Dining Room Driftwood On the Ocean Driftwood Inn

00422 2 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Dining Room Driftwood Hotel Driftwood Inn

00423 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Dining Room and Lobby Driftwood “On the Ocean”

Driftwood Inn

00424 1 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: View from Ocean Side of Dining Room Entrance ‐ Driftwood

Driftwood Inn

00425 3 b/w 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Driftwood on the Ocean Vero Beach Florida

Driftwood Inn

00426 2 Sepia 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Entrance to Home of Romance and Casual Living

Driftwood Inn

00427 1 Color 5.5x3.5 Postcard: Color Post Card The “Driftwood” on the Ocean Front

Driftwood Inn

00428 1 Color 6x3.5 Postcard: Color Post Card Pool Area Driftwood Inn Driftwood Inn

00429 1 Brown

Postcard: Map of Florida Driftwood Inn

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD ‐ PERIODICALS No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

00500 People and Places Junkpile‐by‐the‐Sea Undated Ralph N. Swenson, Editor Published by Soto‐Plymouth Dealer



No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

00501 Unnoted Untitled page of Driftwood Photos Undated Author Unnamed; Photographer Kurt Severin

00502 Unnoted Driftwood Undated Unnoted‐ Photos with short descriptions

00503 Driftwood Driftwood Beachcombers Wooden Castle

14 Mar 1939 A.W. Ash

00504 Social Spectator reprint Driftwood Feb 1943 Alan Howard

00505 The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta Tailholt Boy Makes Good Jan 1944 John H. Wilterding

00506 Tropical Living Junkpile by the Sea Page 22‐23 Apr 1959 Max Hunn

00507 House Beautiful Untitled (Reprint) June 1960 Marion Gough

00508 House Beautiful Travelers’ Strategy on land, sea, and in the air

June 1960 Marion Gough

00509 Social Spectator reprint Driftwood April 1962 Alan Howard

00510 Social Register reprint Driftwood April 1966 Alan Howard

00511 Social Register reprint Driftwood Sept 1971 James Fizzalan

00512 Social Register reprint Driftwood April 1982 Alan Howard

00513 Lincoln‐Mercury Times House Party Hotel Nov/Dec 1950 Theodore Pratt

00514 Vero Life Catch the Drift (p.42‐44) Nov 1999 Denis McCarthy

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD – NEWSPAPERS No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

00600 Unidentified Pore Man’s Cow” Hailed as Natural Dollar‐Getter

Undated Channing Cope

00601 The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine

21 a Day To Rough It 15 Nov 1953 Unnamed Author

00602 Cincinnati Pictorial Enquirer

Luxurious Junk Pile 29 Nov 1953 Unnamed Author

00603 The Pittsburg Press Luxurious Junk Pile 29 Nov 1953 Unnamed Author

00604 Courier Express Pictorial – Buffalo, NY

Luxurious Junk Pile –Page 16 & Page 18

13 Dec 1953 Unnamed Author


Luxurious Junk Pile – Page 18 13 Dec 1953 Unnamed Author



00607 Courier Express Pictorial –Buffalo, NY


00608 The Detroit New Pictorial Magazine

A Luxurious Junkpile – Pages 20 24 Jan 1954 Unnamed Author

00609 The Miami Herald It’s Not So Wacky –Page 5‐F 14 Mar 1954 Stephen Trumbull

00610 The Miami Herald It’s Not So Wacky‐cont – Page 5‐F 14 Mar 1954 Stephen Trumbull

00611 The Miami Herald Old‐Fashioned Recipes Specials at Driftwood and photo of Ocean Grill Manager Page 12E

24 Feb 1957 Jeanne Voltz

00612 The Miami Herald Lunch Bells Tolls and Visitors Flock to Tables at Driftwood

24 Feb 1957 Photograph by Herald Chief Photographer Tony Garnet




00613 Palm Beach Post Times Vero’s Colorful Citizen Up To Another Of His Projects

1 Sep 1957 Elena E. Mead

00614 Chicago Tribune Vero Beach Is Combination of Elegance, Informality

13 Feb 1966 Stephen J. Flynn

00615 Miami Herald Addition Proves There’s Room At Driftwood for Old, New

19 Mar 1968 Nick Sullivan

00616 Chicago Tribune Vero Beach: Low‐Pressure Resort 16 Mar 1969 Stephen J. Flynn

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD – PAMPHLETS No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

00700 Driftwood A Haven For Beachcombers on the Ocean at Vero Beach

A Hotel that is an Exclusive Retreat for Lovers of the Unusual

Undated Unnamed Author

00701 Driftwood Inn For The Adventure

No Subtitle Undated Unnamed Author

00702 Driftwood Inn Atmosphere By The Sea Undated Unnamed Author

00703 What’s New At Driftwood New Efficiency Apartments Undated Unnamed Author

00704 This is What The Miami Herald Says About Driftwood #1

Driftwood Inn’s Unique and so is Owner Waldo Sexton; Note one photograph in pamphlets differs between 00705 & 00705

Undated Stephen Trumbull; Miami Herald Staff Writer – Article reprinted from Chicago Sunday Tribune; Dated March 7, 1954 by Helen Van Hey Smith See: 00706

00705 What the Miami Herald Says About Driftwood # 2

Driftwood Inn’s Unique and so is Owner Waldo Saxton; Note: one photograph different between 00705 & 00706

Undated Stephen Trumbull, Miami Herald Staff Writer – Also includes article dated March 7, 1954 by Helen Van Hey Smith See 00706

00706 What the Miami Herald Says About Driftwood

Bells Peal at Hotel in Vero Beach –This article from The Chicago Sunday Tribune

March 7, 1954 Helen Van Hey Smith. This article is included in the interior of pamphlets 00705 & 00706

00707 This is What Miami Daily News says about Driftwood

From My Notebook 7 March 1954 Helen Rice

00708 Driftwood Inn, Vero Beach No Subtitle Undated Unnamed Author

00709 Coastal Cattleman Vol. Vol. XIV #8

No Subtitle October 1948 Unnamed Author – front page only featuring “Driftwood” W.E. Sexton’s beach house

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD – NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: SPECIAL‐1956 MOORE SALES CLUB CONVENTION ‐ 9 MAY 1957


00800 Moore Sales Club Convention Welcomes Sales Champions

Reception Greets Sales Stars Upon Arrival – Front Page

9 May 1957

Unnamed Author

00801 Same as above Third Annual Convention for Moore Sales Club – Front Page

9 May 1957 Unnamed Author




00802 Same as Above Club Officers, Delegates Attend Convention – Front Page


00803 Same as Above Vero Beach, FL Is Splendid Resort City ‐Front Page


00804 Same as Above 1956 Marks 10th South‐Central Club Year – Front Page


00805 Same as Above Special Pins Awarded Club President –Front Page


00806 Same as Above Hollingsworth Is Youngest To Qualify –Front Page


00807 Same as Above Director II Ackman Makes Third Convention – Front Page


00808 Same as Above 322 Years With Moore ‐ Front Page 9 May 1957 Unnamed Author

00809 Same as Above World Famous Driftwood Inn Is Host to Convention – Front Page Article includes two photos


00810 Newspaper Photos (2) of Driftwood Inn

Select Photos from front page of Press Journal: Aerial View and Fireplace

9 May 1957 Unnamed Author/Photographer

00811 Press Journal‐ Entire Front Page

1 of 2 Editions of the Press Journal front page which includes all articles 00800 thru 00811 as listed above.

9 May 1957 00812 is the untrimmed edition of the front page.

00812 Press Journal – Entire Front Page

2 of 2 Editions of the Press Journal front page which includes articles 00800 thru 00811 as listed above.

9 May 1957 00813 is the trimmededition of the front page. See left side of this area which displays “Moore 100” emblem

BOX 3 ‐ DRIFTWOOD ‐ CORRESPONDENCE No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

00900 Everglades Chamber of Commerce

Letter to E.E. Sexton 2 Oct 1957 Hugh Parker, Secretary‐Manager

00901 Research Paper Research Regarding Date of Driftwood Inn Construction

August 1999

Janice Gay

BOX 3 – DRIFTWOOD – EPHEMERA No. Journal Title Article Title Date Author

01000 Unnamed Business Card (bi‐fold)

Driftwood InnFor the Adventure

Undated N/A

01001 Room Card Driftwood Room Rates Undated N/A

01002 Driftwood Hotel Driftwood Hotel Post Card Undated N/A

01003 For Your Comfort Do Not Slam Doors Undated N/A

01004 The Driftwood Room Rates Undated N/A

01005 Driftwood Inn (Two sided Pamphlet) Undated

01006 What’s New At Driftwood New Efficiency Apartments Available c. March 1968

Pamphlet ‐ Unnamed

01007 The Driftwood A Hotel For Beachcombers Undated Stationary

01008 The Driftwood Inn Atmosphere by the Sea Undated Envelope

01009 The Driftwood A Hotel For Beachcomber’s Undated Unsigned Poem




01010 Driftwood Inn Season’s Greetings Xmas Card Undated Unsigned

01011 Driftwood Days (Song) Undated Words by Mosels; Music by Jacques; Arranged by the Crandalls & Published by the Raymonds

01012 Valet Summary Sheet Laundry & Dry cleaning Services Undated

01013 House Beautiful June 1960 Reprint – 4 sided folded sturdy flyer with pictures of Waldo’s Mountain, Driftwood Hotel with Queenie, the elephant and the Royal Palms that Waldo planted

1960 June House Beautiful reprint

BOX 4 – Sexton Family Ephemera, Documents, Miscellaneous No. Article Title Date Author

01014 Riomar Bay Brochure/map ca. 1980. List of residential properties and Declaration of Restrictions Applicable to Replat of Riomar Bay

Ca. 1980 Riomar Bay, Inc.

01015 50th Anniversary Village of Franklin Park 1892‐1942 Golden Jubilee. July 1 to 5, 1942. Elsebeth L. Martens married Waldo Sexton. She was born and raised in Franklin Park. On page 13, the history includes a photograph and information about her family. Charles H. Martens was the first president of Franklin Park village.

1942 Jul 1

01016 Franklin Park‐‐Year Whiz: Population of Quiet Town tripled Since World War II –Date and paper unknown.

01017 Franklin Park—Teeming, Prosperous. Chicago Herald‐American. Feb 20, 1953, p.17

01018 Florida Grower, The Magazine of Florida – “A Big Man ‘Salvages’ A Little Cow—and Why! East‐Coast Rancher’s Cattle Breeding Experiments Lead to Bigger Place for Veal in Cattle Industry”

Aug 1947 W. E. Sexton

01019 “The Think Tank”. Published in Atlanta Georgia, this newspaper featured Waldo Sexton on p.3. Waldo the Magnificient – Picture shows Waldo with his dinosaur remains located in front of the McKee Jungle gardens.

1943 Jul 1 Edmund Hoopes Singmaster

01020 Air Mail brown 9x12 envelope addressed to Mr. Waldo Sexton, Driftwood Hotel from Chicago. Waldo died 1967.

1994 Jul 27

01021 Saturday Evening Post. “Loudest Music Ever Heard” Very brief mention of the Driftwood Inn and their 200‐odd bells collection. Handwritten most likely by Waldo “small mention but there were a lot of people I know who were not mentioned.”

1956 (2 copies)

Neil M. Clark

01022 Reproduction of an original painting by F. Luis Mora, N.A. Appears to be “Christ on the Mountain.” Perhaps, Waldo got his mountain idea from this??

Unk.

01023 Abstract of Title for Sexton Property 1916‐1980

01024 Abstract of title for Tripson (Sexton) property 1980

01025 Warranty Deed for Daly and Tripson on Sexton homestead on Rosedale Ave 1980

01026 Waldo Sexton notes regarding the Aries sign which is his birth month. His signature is at the top. Handwritten notes: Born Mar 23 1885 about 4 a.m. My mother said I had a full beard?? And a craving for food and drank milk for 14 years before they told me about whisky haven’t tasted milk since wine is for women, milk is for babies, rum is for heros, will have a bit of rum please. “This was taken from a magazine, no revisions.

Unk.

01027 Waldo Sexton Day – Envelopes and stationary included an announcement letter on Nov 5, 1958 “Honoring One of the Indian River County’s Leading Citizens.

1958

01028 Indian River County Farm Bureau board minutes – includes receipts, and disbursements.

1981 Nov



No. Article Title Date Author

01029 MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY ITEMS 01‐Dear Mom note from Rob Tripson – Posted Jul 18, 1984 02‐Brochure of Sean Sexton: A Pastoral Life Inside/Out from the Gulf Coast Museum of Art May 13‐June 28, 2005 03‐Pencil drawing of a woman (possibly Mrs. Sexton) with “A Prayer… for 1944” Artist name: Don Dickerman. Handwritten note at the bottom: This just arrived from the printer! Easter greetings to you! I’ll send you another unfolded one in a mailing tube as soon as they arrive at my studio!” 04‐“Vero Beach Thanks Fountaintown!!” – Photograph of a man (assuming it may be Waldo Sexton because this is the town where he lived.) At the bottom it is signed by Frank Chaffee and has latin words Dum Viramus Edimus et biberamurs!! 05‐Water color of a woman in a bathing suit. Left hand corner signed “Miami Beach with Hall 5/2/40” 06‐In Memoriam for Charles Henry Martens by the Leyden lodge. Father of Elsebeth Martens who married Waldo Sexton. 07‐Coloring book for Gaston The Green‐Nosed Alligator. Written and illustrated by James Rice. By the illustrator of Cajun Night Before Christmas 08‐Florida Turnpike map undated

Various

01030 SEXTON ARMS CLUB 01‐Sexton Arms Club 3300 South Ocean Drive – Brochures and floor plans for a ten‐story apartment building. Says it is located next to the Ocean Grill. There does not appear to be a building built to that height in that proximity. 02‐Application for the Sexton Arms Club 03‐Annual leases for two bedroom apartments at the Sexton Arms Club

Various

01031 ALL ABOUT WALDO 01‐Newspaper clipping “Sexton Makes Short Talk” Jul 23 no year. It appears to be a talk given in his home state of Indiana. Mentions he is a student at Purdue University ca. 1906. 02‐ Newspaper clipping “Growing Despite Lack of Ballyhoo: Vero Beach is called mecca for average guys.” By Stephen Trumbull Herald Staff Writer. Most likely Miami Herald newspaper. Mentions the Windswept hotel. The Beachland Casino changed its name to Windswept in 1947 and was torn down in 1956. 03‐Newspaper photography from Miami Herald Feb 6 1956. “It’s Not Mount Everest, But It’s The Biggest in East Florida…this is the mountain Waldo Sexton built near Vero Beach.” 04‐Cartoon from Miami Herald. “Nuts and Bolts” ‐ “Wait, Waldo—I want to get you both!” Waldo is being chased by a bull. 05‐Certificate of Appreciation to W. E. Sexton Presented by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, S.C. in recognition of 25 years of Service. Dated Sept 4, 1958. 06‐Award of Merit to Waldo Sexton for a Meritorious Exhibit of Driftwood Furniture at the Florida State Exhibit New York World’s Fair 1940 from the Governor of Florida. 07-My Accomplishments by Waldo Sexton. Photocopy of an article, no date or publication name 08-“On the Beach at Vero Beach” No. 20 May 13, 1955. Sexton’s Way – article about Waldo Sexton planting the Royal Palms on Royal Palm Drive. This appears to be a small newspaper printed for the beachside only.

Various



No. Article Title Date Author

01032 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FROM AROUND THE TOWN OF VERO BEACH01‐Aquarius Motel and Lemon Tree Restaurant, 3544 Ocean Drive – includes receipt for 5 days in 1986 for Tripson. Advertisement that includes daily rate and other details. 02‐Brochure 8‐pages 8‐1/2 x 11 ‐ “The Community Theatre in Culture City in the City of Vero Beach, Florida.” Ca.1970s 03‐Brochure 8‐pages 9x6 – “You…and the New Indian River County Library.” Proposed library plans and funding. Ca. 1960 04‐Two duplicate postcards “Hello from Vero Beach” – Jaycee Municipal Beach 05‐Giant postcard of The community Church of Vero Beach. George E. Johnson, Pastor and Robert A. Pereda, Music‐Education

Various

01033 OCEAN GRILL 01‐Brochure 4‐page (Ad) Cardstock for the Ocean Grill. Three copies. One has Waldo’s handwritten note. From W.E. Sexton “Here you can dine and enjoy the culture our robber baron fathers scoured the world for.” Each copy has a picture of a clock on the front with the words “It’s Cocktail Time at the Ocean Grill (sometimes called “The Bucket”). Inside there are four black and white photographs UL‐The world’s largest wrought‐iron lamp shade; UR‐Wrought‐iron grill work from a Cathedral in Spain. A Flemish credenza in the background. LL‐Cocktail Lounge “The Bucket.” LR‐Largest known one‐piece solid mahogany dining table, 8 feet in diameter. 02‐Brochure 4‐page Colorful drawing of Ocean Grill on front cover. Postcard on back cover. Inside there are four colored photographs UR‐Dining under a world famous collection of wrought iron and lanterns. UL‐“The Bird Cage” a cozy dining area with wrought iron grill work from a Spanish Cathedral. LL‐Dancing “The Bucket” with a live band, this is fund headquarters. LR‐The front bar—eat or enjoy your favorite drink while watching the ever changing mood of the sea. 03‐Two table mats of the Ocean Grill “Where the Unusual is Commonplace” 1952. Hand‐drawn pictures of the inside.

Various

01034 MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS 01‐Ford Times Jan 1955 Special Florida Issue. On Page 8 is a paragraph about McKee Jungle Gardens. 02‐Unknown source. Upper left‐hand corner is a picture of Waldo E. Sexton at McKee Jungle Gardens holding monkees. 03‐Vero Beach Press Journal ca. 1973 – McKee Jungle Gardens – four pictures.

Various

01035 George Florschultz ‐ plasterer ‐ according to local pioneer Rosie Stubbs, he worked for Waldo Sexton at the Driftwood, Mckee Gardens and Ocean Grill. According to the 1930 and 1940 census he was in construction as a plasterer. He was born 1897 in Jena, Germany.

1934‐1977

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