LIVING HISTORY
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EVEN MORE PHOTOS
Another collection of Hill artifacts, which includes photos
and records, is maintained by his great-granddaughter, Janice
“Jann” Flowers. Jann, the daughter of Catherine Hill Flowers,
has returned to Florida after years of living in Toronto,
Canada. Hill photographs, beautifully hand-colored by her
mother, hang in her new home in Wellington, 90 minutes
from Fort Pierce.
Visit the History Center and you can hear a recording that
praises the Hills for establishing same-day processing of
film and creating hand-colored photographs and postcards,
but the narration continues: “It is not these achievements
that made the Hills so significant though. It is the pictures
of everyday life that the family took. Thousands of pictures
of Treasure Coast farmers, school children, buildings, Seminoles,
wildlife, social occasions and so much more were taken
by the Hills. The St. Lucie County Regional History Center is
the proud owner of the Hill collection. It is perhaps the most
important primary source collections of Treasure Coast history
and provides us with a unique glimpse into our past.”
About the author
Sandra Thurlow, a Sewall’s Point
resident, is a fifth generation Floridian
who spends every spare moment studying,
collecting and sharing regional history. She
has written several books on Treasure Coast
history, including “Sewall’s Point” The
History of a Peninsular Community,” “Stuart
on the St. Lucie” and “Historic Jensen
and Eden on Florida’s Indian River.”
SANDRA THURLOW
Janice “Jann” Flowers maintains a collection of photos and records from
her great-grandfather, the pioneering photographer Harry Hill.