It ain't like it was in the good old days--no, it never was

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

It ain't like it was in the good old days--no, it never was

Entry/Object ID

Library.1154

Description

iii, 108 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm It ain't like it was in the good old days--no, it never was by Jack McGiffin. These recollections by the author began in 1970 at his home on the Ortega River as he thought of what he would leave behind for his grandchildren. The short pieces he wrote appeared in the Jacksonville Seafarer magazine and his column became the most popular feature of the magazine. No index. Selected contents: Acosta Bridge -- Brooklyn Grocery Company -- Sidney Simmons ice plant -- Osceola stern wheeler -- Automobiles -- Pilot Association in Jacksonville -- Tanker Oscar D. Bennett -- River boats -- Lagniappe -- Stevedore exam -- Revenue cutter Yamacraw -- Flu epidemic of 1918 -- Thomas A. Edison -- Ferry boats owned by Gibbs Gas Engine Company -- Fort George -- Graham's Boatyard -- Trolley cars -- Movies made here -- French tanks Donges -- Naval stores -- Annette sailing vessel -- George Gibbs skiff -- Mayport -- JNO -- Duster -- Clinchfield number one built in 1892 -- Steamer Hildegarde -- Eastport -- Turpentine still -- Button shoes -- Tugboat Three friends -- MG Autos -- St. Elmo's fire -- Halloween -- Stevedores -- Don Alfredo -- Stevedoring -- Cable ships -- Sleeping cars -- St. John's Bridge -- Barber shops -- Beer -- Moonshine -- Rocking chairs -- Inkwells -- Cross-Florida canal -- English weights -- Boat docks -- Sailboats -- Danish training ship Danmark -- Radios.

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

Florida -- Social life and customs., Acosta Bridge (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Bridges -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Three Friends (Tugboat)., Mayport (Fla.)., Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919

Publication Details

Author

McGiffin, Jack

Publisher

Seafarer Magazine, Inc.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

[Jacksonville, Fla.]

Call No.

BF 378 .R44 1988

LCCN

88-214338