The New York Public Library recently released a HUGE collection of historic photo collections that are downloadable free of charge... :) 8)
Most of these seem to be stereoscopic photos...
I do not think Metro Jax has seen most of these... Examples include...
(http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=G90F124_053ZF&t=w)
(http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=G90F124_033F&t=w)
(http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=66334&t=w)
(http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=G90F124_052ZF&t=w)
Here is the link to the page these photos were pulled...
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=Jacksonville#
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bcf72c0-c35a-0131-4f4d-58d385a7bbd0#/?uuid=8c890fe0-c35a-0131-78a1-58d385a7bbd0
Strip maps of the "Dixie trail" north and south automobile route...1911. Looks like this was a race or tour via auto from NYC to Jacksonville...
The Steamer... Ocklawaha 8)
(http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=G90F135_041F&t=w)
Street scene Jacksonville...1880
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/85889.gif?n=1)
Duval House... Jacksonville 1884...
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/17873.gif?n=1)
Florida Cracker... 1875... Jacksonville
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/24218.gif?n=1)
Saint George Street... St Augustine 1896
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/16686.gif?n=1)
Plucking Ostrich... Jacksonville 1905??
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/14169.gif?n=1)
St Augustine... looking south from fort... 1880
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/42700.gif?n=1)
Suburbs of Jacksonville... 1875
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/85911.gif?n=1)
St Johns river... Green Cove Springs... 1880
(http://stereo.nypl.org/view/25098.gif?n=1)
Thanks for posting.
Great pix!!
The address on one says "755 St George Street" in St Augustine. That address today is where St George ends at Maria Sanchez Creek, so the address schema must have been different when the photo was taken.