Book of Jacksonville a history, the. Being a series of descriptive articles, historical, industrial, and biographical, of Jacksonville, Florida.

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Book of Jacksonville a history, the. Being a series of descriptive articles, historical, industrial, and biographical, of Jacksonville, Florida.

Entry/Object ID

Library.544

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

188 p. : illus., ports. ; 24 cm. Book of Jacksonville a history, the. Being a series of descriptive articles, historical, industrial, and biographical, of Jacksonville, Florida by S. Paul Brown. Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00144991448 There is another copy in Rare Books, Library.544. Includes indexes to subjects and biographies. The illustrations in this book were made (with a few exceptions) from photographs by Mr. O.P. Havens, the well known Jacksonville artist.--P. [6] Contents: Amendments to the charter -- Banking -- Benevolent facilities -- Board of public works -- Churches -- Cigar manufacturers -- City charter -- City finances and taxation -- City lights -- City officials 1893-95 -- Clubs and social bodies -- Educational institutions -- Fire department -- Fire losses -- Florida -- Florida on wheels -- Hotels -- Jax Board of Trade -- Jacksonville past -- Jacksonville to-day -- Jax mayor -- Jax summer resorts -- Journal and journalists -- Labor conditions -- Lighting -- Manufactures -- Mayor Fletcher's message -- Mortality report -- New buildings -- Police department -- Population -- Port of St. John -- Post office report -- Railway facilities -- Real estate -- Report of City Comptroller -- Retail business -- River commerce -- River and harbor improvements -- St. John's River -- Ship building -- Some railroad history -- Steamship, steamboat and packet lines -- Streets and parks -- Street railways -- Suburbs (Including Riverside, Springfield, Campbell's Addition, South Jacksonville, Panama) -- Tax collection -- Government building -- Military -- Transportation -- Water works, sewers and sanitation -- Wholesale trade. Index to biographical sketches: Acosta -- Baker -- Baldwin -- Buckman -- Campbell -- Carter -- Clark -- Coachman -- Da Costa -- Des Rochers -- Doggett -- Driscoll -- Fleming -- Fletcher -- Greeley -- Harksheimer -- Hartridge -- Hawthorne -- Holmes -- Knight -- Livingston -- McMurray -- Mattair -- Merrill -- Metcalf -- Phillips -- Schumacher -- Scott -- Stevens -- Stillman -- Stockton -- Towns -- Turner -- Ware -- Webb -- White -- Wurts. Selection of photographs from many: Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company shops -- Mr. Ware's ice factory -- Merchants' National Bank -- National Bank of the State of Florida -- St. James Hotel -- Hotel Placide -- Duval Hotel -- Hotel Carleton -- Grand View Hotel -- Government Building -- Times-Union Building -- Frank W. Hawthorne -- St. John's Episcopal Church -- Florida Yacht Club House -- Soldiers of the First Battalion Florida State Troops in formation in downtown Jax -- Dr. A. Seymour Baldwin and his residence -- Major William J. Harkisheimer and residence -- William Stratton Ware and residence -- Harrison W. Clark and residence -- Arthur D. Stevens -- Jonathan C. Greeley and residence.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Biography., Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936., Merrill, James E., 1855-1939., Doggett, John Locke, 1868-1937., Buckman, Henry Holland., Hartridge, John E., Stockton, Thomas Telfair, 1853?-1907., Riverside (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Springfield (Jacksonville,Fla.)., Campbell's Addition (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Baldwin, A. S. (Abel Seymour), 1811?-1898., Fleming, Francis P. (Francis Philip), 1841-1908., Stevens, Arthur D., Webb, Wanton S.

Publication Details

Author

Brown, S. Paul., Havens, O. Pierre 1838-1912.

Publisher

A. V. Haight

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Poughkeepsie, NY

Call No.

Rare Book F 319 .J1 B76 1895

LCCN

12001991