Greeting from Jacksonville Florida

Name/Title

Greeting from Jacksonville Florida

Entry/Object ID

2025.23.16

Scope and Content

Jacksonville and the Beaches of Northeast Florida have a long history of being vacation and recreation destinations. In fact, in the decades following the Civil War, Jacksonville attracted the country's rich and famous as it became one of the most visited cities on the East Coast. Lavish hotels were located Downtown and steamships and trains brought scores of visitors to Northeast Florida. Postcards highlighting Jacksonville's coastline, the St. Johns River and the region's coastal wildlife were bought and mailed around the globe or collected and prized as valuable keepsakes.

Collection

Postcards Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Items Details

Description

Color photochrome

Creator

White Publishing Company