COLLECTIBLES
One of Carvelli’s
oldest and rarest
post cards, this
image of oxen
pullling a wagon
was mailed in
1906. The publisher’s
ironic title
is Rapid Transit and
the sender notes
the conditions:
“This beats walking
in the sand, which
is deeper here than
at Waycross.”
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tury, showing Fort Pierce with dirt roads, horse-and-buggy
transportation and agricultural workers in pineapple fields.
And he has several showing couples kissing in White City.
“These are especially rare and valuable,” he says dealing
out black and white images showing workers in farm fields
and another of a cattle drive. Nearby he’s spread a tabletop
with pastel-colored prints of old downtown Fort Pierce with
Model A cars lining the curb outside the Sunrise Theatre and
another of Pug Ergle’s boat plying the coastline, circa 1940.
“Look at this!” he exclaims. “A horse and buggy crossing
Taylor Creek. That’s old.”
ECLECTIC COLLECTOR
Carvelli has always been a collector with eclectic tastes:
paintings, antiques, old rifles. Unlike bulky items that his
wife might object to, hundreds of his postcards fit in a box >>
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