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A military band makes it’s way down the 400 Block of West Forsyth Street crossing the intersection of Pearl Street. Looking at the cars I would guess this is the mid to late 1940’s. The view is to the West where you can see a nice selection of restaurants on the street, Comptons’s, Carroll’s Chile […]
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“This is a picture of the San Marco Theatre. Local artists were showing off their paintings, in celebration of the movie. Charles Laughton in “Rembrandt”. The 60’s?” LS I find it interesting that they were showing a movie from 1936 in the 1960’s in Jacksonville.
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“The day that Lou Bono’s Bar-B-Que opened up on 4907 Beach Blvd. I remember what Lou said that day, “I paid too much for that land, it was $75.00 a front foot, I guess I’ve lost all my money.” Today that property is worth $2,000 a front foot. O yes, that was 750 feet deep, […]
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Looks like a 50’s era convenience store but I can’t find any signage with the business name. It is across the street from an A&P Food Store. I’d say they were really pushing the Lucky Strike cigarette brand!
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One of the later downtown views found in the Loyd Sandgren collection showing the St. James building which housed the May-Cohens department store, behind that is the Ivey’s department store and the newly finished Cathedral Towers stand in the background. The Art Deco Western Union building was still a mixed use office building and palm […]
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Built in 1918 this ship was designed as a passenger liner but was taken by the Navy for use during WW I for troop transport and named the USS Santa Teresa. After the war it was returned to it’s owners and operated commercially for the next 20 years as the SS Santa Teresa and then […]
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“Picture taken at Lovegrove (now called University Blvd.) and Philips highway. I was called by the insurance company to take pictures of the wreck. This picture was taken moments before the man died. About 1947.” LS
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A late 1950’s view of the St. James Building as the Cohen Brothers department store. This Henry Klutho masterwork was completed Oct. 21, 1912 (making it 100 years old this year) and originally housed retail space on the lower floors and office space on the upper floors. It was the largest building in Jacksonville occupying […]
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Bob Feller, pitcher with Cleveland Indians pitching his book “How To Pitch” from the field of the old Wolfson Park baseball field. The first addition of his this book came out in 1948. Wolfson Park was built in 1955 and served as the city of Jacksonville’s minor league field until it was demolished in 2002, […]
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Located at the intersection of Main and East Forsyth Streets the 17 story Lynch Building was built to house office and retail space in 1926. It was the second tallest building in Jacksonville when it was completed. It has since been converted to apartments and renamed 11-East for it’s address at 11 East Forsyth Street.
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