Port of Jacksonville

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Port of Jacksonville

Entry/Object ID

Library.1841

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Library periodicals of June 4 2023

Description

18 volumes: illustrations ; 28 cm Port of Jacksonville magazine by Jacksonville Port Authority. Periodical Official publication. Frequency: bimonthly Continued by JAXPORT, 1987? Cover title. Library has: Oct/Nov. 1983 (vol.1, no. 1) through Summer 1986 (vol.2, no.12). Selected contents: Aug/Sept. 1983: Florida Theatre reopening -- Mayport Lighthouse; Oct/Nov. 1983: Car import capital of the USA -- Those magnificent men including Robert Kloeppel who built Florida's 1st airplane & flew it to Jax in 1909 -- JIA takes off in growth, major improvements & increased air service; Dec/Jan 1984: Vintage port, history of Jax as a port city -- Jax in 2005 forecast -- Customs Service at port interview with U.S. Customs Port director, Edwin W. Harvey -- Gator Bowl; Feb/March 1984 : Bar pilots including Capt. Joe Bolton -- Three friends tug filibustered (conveying munitions of war to the Cuban rebels) from Jax to Cuba skippered by Dynamite Johnny O'Brien, reported by Ralph D. Paine -- 1983 Jax Port annual report; April/May 1984: John R. Mackroth, head of Port Authority, retired; June/July 1984: Jax firsts including Old Kings Road first state highway, St. Luke's Hospital as state's 1st public hospital, first singing of "My Country, Tis of Thee" in St. Augustine -- Jacksonville Spillage Control, Inc., cooperative association of 24 local companies that prevent & respond to oil-based spills in NE Florida; Aug/Sept. 1984: JPA opened Rotterdam, NL office -- Hy Kliman, President of Jax World Impex Corp, opened up trade with China -- Jax ,known as "Winter city in summer land" in 1870's & 1880's, building boom of hotels such as St. James, Duval House, Grand National, Fort George Hotel -- Symphony season; Oct/Nov 1984: Economic impact of Port -- Directory of service companies -- Spanish-American war troops in Jax under direction of Major General Fitzhugh Lee -- Jazz festival; Dec/Jan 1985: Jax as center of motion picture production; Feb/March 1985: 1983-1984 annual report of JPA; Apr/May 1986: Jax Commodores League -- Refrigerated warehouse built -- Great fire of 1901, Henry J. Klutho architect, & Dyal Upchurch Building -- Rome Festival's 2d year in Jax; July/Aug 1985: Language Bank International president Dr. John Berenguer -- Jax terminal replaced old Union Terminal; Sept/Oct 1985: JPA directors: Paul D. deMariano, C. Cliff Mendoza, John F. Halloran, Steven R. Blust, Bruce E. Cashon, W. Henry Colson, Richard L. Roberts, Philip R. Grissinger, Richard W. Smith -- John McGiffin, III, honorary consul for Germany in Jax role and consuls in general ; Nov/Dec 1985: Mat Woods runs U. S. Coast Guard for port -- Commuter airlines added at JIA such as Piedmont -- Tugboat service on the St. Johns River such as Moran Towing Corp. -- Stephen Crane wrote the short story Open Boat on sinking of the Commodore & his experience as a survivor running guns to Cuba -- Florida-Georgia football game & fan Essa Salem dying wish; Jan/Feb 1986: Charles Spenser, head of Jax International Longshoremen's Association -- Delta transitions from Imeson to JIA -- Jax & WWII shipbuilding efforts including Liberty Ship Ponce de Leon built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co., venture between U.S. Maritime Commission & Merrill-Stevens shipyard.; March/April 1986: Auto imports make JPA #1 -- Travel agents promote travel to/from Jax reports Ms. Sontag, head of local travel agents association -- Florida Deep-Water Ports Act of 1982 & dredging permits -- David Levy Yulee built a railroad; Spring/Summer 1986: Piedmont shuttle -- Beale family as seafarers -- Special report: Quick look back & long look ahead for JPA -- Harriet Beecher Stowe & Professor Calvin E. Stowe in Mandarin & Stowe memorial window by Tiffany; Summer 1986 - F-16s state of the art fighter planes -- USAir & New York Air add nonstop service to Northeast -- Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan & Tom Seaver, baseball players played with Jax baseball teams.

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Library

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Nomenclature 4.0

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Periodical

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Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Jacksonville Port Authority -- Periodicals., Harbors -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Periodicals., Airports -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Periodicals., Florida Theatre (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Mayport Lighthouse (Fla.)., Kloeppel, Robert., Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. (Football game)., Three Friends (Tugboat)., Great Fire, Jacksonville, Fla., 1901., Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900., Festivals -- Florida -- Jacksonville.

Publication Details

Author

Jacksonville Port Authority

Publisher

Jacksonville Port Authority

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, Fla.

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