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Title: Historic scenes of downtown Jacksonville in color
Post by: thelakelander on November 14, 2024, 08:27:50 AM
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A collection on historic scenes from Downtown Jacksonville's past in color.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/historic-scenes-of-downtown-jacksonville-in-color/
Title: Re: Historic scenes of downtown Jacksonville in color
Post by: Charles Hunter on November 14, 2024, 11:03:23 AM
Great retrospective. Jacksonville's downtown waterfront used to be quite active!

A couple of questions about the photos on page 2:
In the pre-sports complex picture of the mouth of Hogan's Creek. I'm pretty sure Maxwell House is on the left, mid-distance. What was the 5-story building adjacent to the creek?

The picture labeled, "A Jacksonville Traction Company streetcar in front of the Jacksonville Terminal." Was the streetcar cropped out, or is my eyesight worse than I thought?
Title: Re: Historic scenes of downtown Jacksonville in color
Post by: BridgeTroll on November 14, 2024, 05:39:43 PM
I don't see it either...
Title: Re: Historic scenes of downtown Jacksonville in color
Post by: thelakelander on November 14, 2024, 06:29:55 PM
Nice catch! That's a typo. It should have said "streetcar line" instead of "streetcar".
Title: Re: Historic scenes of downtown Jacksonville in color
Post by: thelakelander on November 14, 2024, 06:31:06 PM
(https://photos.moderncities.com/History/Jacksonville-History-in-Color/i-rFJqCf6/0/696e74b9/L/hsDb0dLi-L.jpg)

The five story building on the waterfront was the original Maxwell House plant.