The Clarke Family in Alabama, 1892 (Lena Clarke sitting barefoot on the left). Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The Clarke family, 1914. Back row: Maude Clarke, Elizabeth Warner, Paule Clarke. Middle row: Susan Warner, Marietta W. Clarke, Rev. Almon T. Clarke, Almon T Clarke, Jr.. Seated: Lena Clarke, Paul Clarke, Jr. and Marietta R. Clarke. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Fern Street and Dixie Highway showing prominent buildings. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Almon T. Clarke and Marietta W. Clarke, Wedding Anniversary. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Clarke Sisters – Lena Clarke, Maude Clarke, Marietta Clarke and Susan Warner, 1915. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Maude Clarke and Lena Clarke at entrance to the West Palm Beach Library/Reading Room. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Maude Clarke and Lena Clarke dressed for the 1916 Seminole Sun Dance Costume Contest. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Maude Clarke and Paul Clarke in costumes for the 1916 Seminole Sun Dance. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Possible portrait of Lena Clarke by Charles Bosseron Chambers. Chambers was a well-known painter and illustrator of the time, and had his studio on the second floor of the West Palm Beach library (The Reading Room). He was the brother of James Chambers, brother-in-law of May Chambers, Lena’s friend and neighbor.
Paul in his beloved Everglades – Courtesy History Miami
Lena in the garden, 1918, a photograph from her autobiography. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Clematis Street in 1920. Courtesy Martin County Historical Society.
Marietta Clarke, Lena Clarke, Maude Clarke and Almon T. Clarke, 1919. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Only known photo of Paul Clarke, Lena Clarke and Fred Miltimore together, from a postal union magazine. Lena is in the top row, fourth from left. Paul is seated on the left, Fred is seated third from the left with the hat on. Courtesy University of North Carolina.
Clarke Sisters – Susan Warner, Lena Clarke, Maude Clarke, 1920. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The Clarke House on Poinsettia Street (Dixie Highway), 1920. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
1920 Cathcart-Clarke Wedding – Standing: Rose Clarke, Paul Clarke, Marietta Clarke, Elizabeth Warner, Marietta W. Clarke, Susan Warner, Maude Clarke, Lena Clarke, Almon T. Clarke, Paul Clarke Jr, James Warner. Seated: Lesley Cathcart, Elizabeth “Betty” Clarke Cathcart. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The Hotel Salt Air, where Kate Brennan stayed as she looked for a job. Author collection.
Lake Court Apartments, where Kate Brennan lived. Author collection.
Union Congregational Church. Author collection.
The Briggs Hotel, where Kate and her friends had Christmas dinner. Author collection.
The Briggs Hotel decorated for Christmas with palm fronds, pineapples, and the upside-down Christmas tree on the left. Author collection.
Henry Dexter Knight, proprietor of Knight’s Restaurant, where several scenes in the book take place.
The building with the restaurant sign on the left of the photo is Knight’s Restaurant. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Banyan and Olive Street, 1920s with the East Coast Cafe on the right (now the site of a new condominium. The post office is visible on the left with flag masts. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Entrance to the 1921 Seminole Sun Dance with electric sign. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The West Palm Beach Post office on Olive Street, 1915 (building still stands but is substantially altered). Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Clematis Street and Poinsettia Street (Dixie), 1920. Author collection.
Paul Clarke with his pet rattlesnakes. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Paul and Lena handling rattlesnakes, 1919. Photo from her autobiography. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Iron gates to Woodlawn Cemetery. Author collection.
Lena Clarke (left) with May Chambers and James Chambers, 1921. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The Miami Herald printed the first photograph of Lena Clarke. Public domain.
Fred Miltimore, postal carrier from Waukegan, Illinois. Author collection.
The San Juan Hotel in Orlando. Author Collection.
Palm Beach Post headline from August 2, 1921, missing for decades and rediscovered. Courtesy University of Florida.
Lena Clarke’s Mug Shot, August 1921, wearing the infamous Gingham dress. Author collection.
Charles C. Chillingworth, Lena’s lead attorney, is seen seated in the black suit in 1910. His son Curtis, his assistant attorney in the case, is standing on the right in the top row of the photo. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Judge Charles O. Andrews, who presided over Lena Clarke’s trial. Andrews went on to be a US Senator from Florida. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Lena Clarke at Chattahoochee with infant she was given charge of, 1922. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
A.M. Hancock, Foreman of the Jury
Lena Clarke receiving award for 40 years of service to the Red Cross. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
Lena Clarke, left, and Maude Clarke, right, 1957. Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County.
The Holiday Inn at Datura Street where Kate and Erin stayed. Author collection.
West Palm Beach Library where Kate and Erin looked at the old newspapers. Author collection.
Clarke family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach. Author collection.
Paul Clarke’s grave marker, noting the Christmas Day death in 1920. Author collection.
Lena M.T. Clarke and Maude E. Clarke headstones. Author collection.
