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A view looking East down West Adams Street between Hogan Street and Laura Street, 1954. The Eastman Kodak Store, Lahn’s, French Novelty, Nancy Scott and other businesses line the block which ends with the Greenleaf & Crosby Building which was built in 1928. The Elks Club Building and Hotel Roosevelt can be seen past the Laura […]
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“This picture was taken looking East at the San Marco Shopping Center, about 1950. You can see the A&P store slightly to the left of center of photo, straight ahead was the bowling alleys, then the telephone building. The road didn’t look too good at the time. S.H. Kress 5&10 cent store can be seen […]
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“This Picture was taken from the Prudential Insurance Building showing the big parking lot and the need for a parking garage. This picture was taken in the 50’s. Note top center on San Marco, The Royal Crown Bottling plant. The Fuller Warren Bridge Ramp looks brand new. Some difference today.” LS This image appears […]
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“A scene looking East towards Arlington. The year was 1970.” LS Great early 70’s view of the far East edge of downtown Jacksonville shot from an upper floor of the Lynch Building looking over the roof of the old downtown library. This predates the Police Memorial Building but the lot in the back right of the […]
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The Florida Barber College located on Park Street just West of King Street in the 1970’s. According to Wayne Wood’s book Jacksonville’s Architectural Heritage, the Art Deco structure was built in 1941 as the Orange State Oil Company Service Station. The building is now the home of the European Street Cafe.
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“Here is a picture of where the Windsor Hotel was. Today, the bottom right is where the Ball Building is. The big parking lot is where the Woolworth Store is and also on the left is where the Robert Meyer Hotel stands. The middle left is where the city Electric Building is, it was the […]
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“Jacksonville Beach, Florida as it looked in 1950. The old pier was out from 3rd. Ave. North. Note the amusements on the far left. Picture was taken from the Life Saving Tower, the same one that is there today. Lots of cars on the beach.” LS I’m going to go out on a limb and […]
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Quite a few years ago Loyd Sandgren gave me an autographed print of this image with the following type written note scotch taped to the front of the print: “I took this picture in 1950 for the C.H. Brown Camera Store. This photo was taken from the Main Street Bridge looking North. It was first […]
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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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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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