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This view of the downtown Jacksonville skyline was shot through the window of The Lobster House Restaurant in the 1950’s. The structure was built on the South bank of the St. Johns River, originally as a boat repair shop and in 1944 it was converted into The Lobster House Restaurant, standing on pilings over the […]
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“In the foreground was the cleared land for the new park. South Main Street leading to the Main Street Bridge, Gibbs Shipyard in the center of picture. Lobster House on left. Mary Street on right. 1955.” LS This photo was taken at a time when the city was starting a building boom with a new […]
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“This picture was taken from the Southside of the St Johns River. You can see the old Lobster House and boat sales office. About 1958.” LS The boat wrapped up next to the Midtown Marina tent advertises ‘1958 First Showing Borum Boats’ and a number of the watercraft with their distinctive tail fins can be […]
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“Governor Fuller Warren at the Lobster House with the owners of the restaurant, Mr and Mrs Glickstein, talking about how there was not going to be a sales tax in Florida. Shortly after that he went to California to get married and the sales tax was passed without him.” LS Fuller Warren served as […]
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“The picture was taken for the Borum Boat Co. at The Lobster House. Notice the fins on the Boat. It was 1959. This as you can see was taken at night.” LS The Lobster House restaurant came into being in 1944 on the Southbank of the St. Johns River in a building that used to […]
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