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Title: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on December 26, 2011, 09:48:40 AM
A Different Jacksonville

(http://photos.metrojacksonville.com/photos/1597635948_sD9n73L-L.jpg)

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

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-dec-a-different-jacksonville
Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: BridgeTroll on December 26, 2011, 10:13:46 AM
Thanks Ennis!
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Post by: Tennman44 on December 26, 2011, 02:12:31 PM
Great pics. Especially of the Windsor Hotel in picture 6.
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Post by: iMarvin on 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.
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Post by: JeffreyS on December 26, 2011, 03:42:24 PM
I really love this pictorial.
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Post by: TheProfessor on December 26, 2011, 09:27:16 PM
Those lilies are great. wish there were more lily ponds around town.
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Post by: 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?
Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: ricker on 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?

Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: thelakelander on December 28, 2011, 06:40:44 AM
Bay & Main.  Nice catch!
Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: BridgeTroll on 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...
Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: dancollins on January 12, 2012, 02:05:10 PM
these pics .my friends are some of the best--ennis did a great job-thank you
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Post by: Overstreet on 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.
Title: Re: A Different Jacksonville
Post by: lmceache on 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