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There was no note with this print from the Loyd Sandgren collection but it was located among a binder of photographs clearly marked and captioned as images of the “New” Federal Reserve Bank which opened in the early 1950’s at Church and Hogan Streets in downtown Jacksonville. I checked with a contact at the newer […]
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“Here is a picture of the Barnett Banks. The old one in the foreground was on Laura and Forsyth Streets. The other building still stands. 1950.” LS The bank building in the foreground located on West Forsyth Street at the intersection with Laura Street started as the Bank of Jacksonville in 1877. It was […]
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“This photo was taken in the Federal Reserve Bank, on Julia and Church Streets. They are taking all those bills to the cutting room to destroy them. It might have been hundreds of thousands of Dollars worth. I Didn’t get any of it.” LS The building where this photograph was taken now serves as the […]
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“First Federal Savings and Loan on 331 West Forsyth St. This was a very well built building and nice looking. 1955.” LS One of the few remaining art deco buildings left in Jacksonville, the structure was completed in 1941 and initially housed the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Jacksonville as well as the […]
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Lay’s Potato Chips display in the window of the Florida National Bank of Jacksonville. The sign say’s “Lay’s Potato Chips, Made In Jacksonville. Always Fresh. Visit Out Plant 2910 West Beaver Street.” In the 1940’s H.W. Lay & Company was expanding and purchased Barrett Food Company in Jacksonville along with others in the Southeast and […]
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“This is the lobby of the old Barnett Bank on the corner of Laura & Forsyth Streets. This was their 70th. year, 1877 to 1947. Of course now they are over 100 years old. It was built of marble and it looked impressive, it looked like a bank of old.” LS
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“This was the brand new Atlantic Bank Building, on the corner of Forsyth and Hogan Streets. The old Atlantic Building in the background. On the left is the store Furchgott’s. About 1956.” LS This view of the building’s facade is now obscured by the elevated skyway tracks that travel along Hogan Street.
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