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A Different Jacksonville

Started by Metro Jacksonville, December 26, 2011, 09:48:40 AM

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December 26, 2011, 09:48:40 AM
A Different Jacksonville



As 2011 comes to a close, we revisit sights and scenes of downtown Jacksonville, taken a century ago.

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BridgeTroll

#1
December 26, 2011, 10:13:46 AM
Thanks Ennis!
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

Tennman44

#2
December 26, 2011, 02:12:31 PM
Great pics. Especially of the Windsor Hotel in picture 6.

iMarvin

#3
December 26, 2011, 02:43:08 PM
I love these pics. Hopefully one day in the future, downtown Jacksonville can once again be the vibrant place it used to be.

JeffreyS

#4
December 26, 2011, 03:42:24 PM
I really love this pictorial.
Lenny Smash

TheProfessor

#5
December 26, 2011, 09:27:16 PM
Those lilies are great. wish there were more lily ponds around town.

deathstar

#6
December 27, 2011, 09:56:13 PM
We all know what we think, now just imagine if all of the people in the above photos could see what Jacksonville is today. What would THEY say?

ricker

#7
December 28, 2011, 02:39:34 AM
^^^
good to read you deathstar.
Regarding pic #7
those resurrected folks might ask where Forsyth and Bay intersect.

Is the streetlamp dangling over Laura or Main?

thelakelander

#8
December 28, 2011, 06:40:44 AM
Bay & Main.  Nice catch!
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

BridgeTroll

#9
December 28, 2011, 06:43:25 AM
Quote from: deathstar on December 27, 2011, 09:56:13 PM
We all know what we think, now just imagine if all of the people in the above photos could see what Jacksonville is today. What would THEY say?

They would say... Thank god for air conditioning...
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

dancollins

#10
January 12, 2012, 02:05:10 PM
these pics .my friends are some of the best--ennis did a great job-thank you

Overstreet

#11
January 12, 2012, 02:34:14 PM
Lots of horse drawn carriages and wagons back then. Bet those shadows and piles in the street are horse pucky. I wonder what the hems of the ladies dresses and pedicoats were like after walking around those streets.

lmceache

#12
June 02, 2012, 08:48:14 AM
Great pics, and what a fabulous time to live. Looking at them reminded me of the stories my grandmother would tell me, as she lived on Main St in 1915
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