Pendleton House, 718 Salt Pond Road

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Material Information

Title:: Pendleton House, 718 Salt Pond Road
Creator:: May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System
Donor:: Fryzel, Winifred
Publication Date:: 1912
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : sepia ; 9 x 14 cm.

Subjects / Keywords:: Cigar makers -- Photographs -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Historic buildings -- Photographs -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Photographs -- Key West (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Photographs -- Monroe County (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Monroe -- 12087 ( ceeus )
Genre:: picture ( marcgt )
Coordinates:: 24.56002 x -81.78929

Scope and Content:: Photographic postcard of the Pendleton House, 718 Salt Pond Road (aka North Beach Road). Sitting on the house porch (l to r) Clement Knowles, his daughter Ruth and wife Libby (b. 6 Jan. 1870) Knowles. The back is signed by the homeowner and annotated "Clem's beach house". This postcard served as both a political statement ("...was a lifelong Republican, but contested Taft's nomination...") and advertisement for his cigar business ("He is also a cigar maker that makes cigars fit for Christmas"). A gift of Winifred Fryzel.
Original Location:: History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.