Name/Title
Historic photos of JacksonvilleEntry/Object ID
Library.1991Tags
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x, 206 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Historic photos of Jacksonville text and captions by Carolyn L. Williams.
Title page : Carolyn Williams, page . vii, Associate Professor of History, University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Photographs selected from the State Archives of Florida.
Historic Photos of Jacksonville captures the historical growth of this city in still photography from the top archives in the area. Black and white pictures with most of the photographs never published before in this coffee table book. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Jacksonville history and the building of this unique late blooming city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Jacksonville! .. Publisher description.
Contents: From a long and slow beginning to the Great Fire of 1901 (1850-1901) -- From ashes to an important new South city (1902-1919) -- From the roaring twenties to the era of the Great Depression (1920-1939) -- From World War II to the sixties (1940-1960) -- Notes on the photographs.
Selected photographs: St. Paul's Methodist Church -- Rivas and Koghman bakery -- Calvin Lewis Robinson store -- Cooley's commercial establishment -- Southern Savings and Trust Company later the Mercantile Exchange Bank opened by Samuel B. Hubbard -- Freedman's Bank -- Stanton Institute -- St. James Hotel -- Ocean Hotel -- Grand National Hotel -- Views of Bay Street -- Horse-drawn school bus -- Home of Charles E. Garner -- Old Duval County Courthouse -- First Public Library building -- Harry Goldman in front of his dry goods store -- Florida National Bank -- Florida Yacht Club building -- Jacksonville Woman's Club building on East Duval Street -- Forsyth Street views -- Windsor Hotel -- Duval Hotel -- Western Union messenger boys -- Florida Times Union -- Fire Station number 2 -- African American men working on the docks -- Gibbs Gas Engine Company -- Laying water pipes near Palms Hotel -- Camp Johnston -- Adams Street views -- Park Lane Apartments -- Jacksonville Good Will Tour -- Union Station -- Automobile races -- Claude Nolan Cadillac Company employees -- Lindbergh with his plane -- Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society members pose in Mayport -- Municipal Golf Course -- Duval Motor Company -- Franklin Roosevelt visits in 1933 -- African American men as enlistees in Federal Emergency Relief Administration -- Florida Theatre -- Mason Hotel later Mayflower Hotel -- Smith, Richardson & Conroy delivery truck -- L. S. Teague auto repair shop -- Arcade Theatre -- Lane Drugstore -- Duval High School -- Roosevelt Hotel formerly the Carling Hotel -- Riverside Presbyterian Church -- Bolles School -- Casa Marina -- Cars on the beach -- Adams Street views -- Levy Building -- Butler's Shoes -- Epping Forest Mansion of DuPont -- Main Street Bridge -- J. C. Penney store -- Fire in 1941 at Clyde-Mallory Railroad Lines -- Imperial Theatre -- Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., trained at Naval Air Station -- Brewster's Hospital children's ward -- First Presbyterian Church -- YMCA building in 1946 -- Flooding of Adams Street -- Machinists for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company -- Supermarket -- Gross & Millican Electric Company -- Kress five and dime store -- Airport service station attendant by gas pump -- Allweather Tire Company -- Ford Motor Company employees -- Main Street Bridge -- Gate City Mattress and Carpet Works trucks and employees -- Employees of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company -- Women employees of the Fram Florida can storage plant -- Graham-Jones Paper Company -- Biser's Restaurant -- Laura Street views -- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company building -- Gator Bowl -- Southside Grammar School graduates -- Lyndon Johnson speaks at Hemming Park -- St. Cloud Hotel.Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- Pictorial works., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works., Street life -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- Pictorial works., Historic buildings -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Pictorial works.Publication Details
Author
Williams, Carolyn L.Publisher
Turner Publishing CompanyPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Nashville, TennesseeCall No.
F 319 .J1 W55 2007LCCN
2006935406