May-Cohens: Jacksonville's Big Store

Started by Metro Jacksonville, November 21, 2011, 03:09:29 AM

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fsujax

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November 23, 2011, 11:23:39 AM
no, the one I am talking about was pretty huge. I believe it was one the largest, electric ones at the time.

Wacca Pilatka

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November 23, 2011, 11:36:30 AM
Quote from: fsujax on November 23, 2011, 11:23:39 AM
no, the one I am talking about was pretty huge. I believe it was one the largest, electric ones at the time.

Duvaldude, I have a picture in the Klutho book of the chandelier FSUJax is talking about.  It was eight-sided and enormous, I think one of the largest in the world (the dept. store was the 9th largest in the country when it opened, incidentally).  It must have predated the little one that's in the picture of the dome upthread.
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duvaldude08

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November 23, 2011, 11:46:49 AM
Quote from: Wacca Pilatka on November 23, 2011, 11:36:30 AM
Quote from: fsujax on November 23, 2011, 11:23:39 AM
no, the one I am talking about was pretty huge. I believe it was one the largest, electric ones at the time.

Duvaldude, I have a picture in the Klutho book of the chandelier FSUJax is talking about.  It was eight-sided and enormous, I think one of the largest in the world (the dept. store was the 9th largest in the country when it opened, incidentally).  It must have predated the little one that's in the picture of the dome upthread.

Oh okay. I would like to see that.!
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Wacca Pilatka

#33
November 23, 2011, 11:53:21 AM
^ I scanned it last night, but couldn't figure out how to upload it on here.  If you'd like I'd be glad to e-mail it to you.
The tourist would realize at once that he had struck the Land of Flowers - the City Beautiful!

Henry J. Klutho

Timkin

#34
November 23, 2011, 04:27:26 PM
Too bad it is not around any longer. I bet it would look awesome there today .  :)

BackinJax05

#35
April 13, 2012, 12:43:05 AM
May-Cohens had the best mens department of any department store. They always had what I was looking for, and the staff was always helpful without being pushy. No wonder they were in business for so long.

Back in the day M-C was considered expensive, but I found out with clothes you really do get what you pay for.

Thanx for everything, May-Cohens. You left us way too soon.

Gemsroadwarrior

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January 31, 2015, 11:07:01 AM
My mother worked at the Cohen's Brothers store in Downtown Jacksonville in the 1950's.  She talked about how much she loved shopping downtown and living so close to downtown in those days.  On a different note, I believe this article is incorrect about the demise of WMBR in 1958.  I remember my mom listening to WMBR and WAPE on the AM dial in the 1960's and even the 1970's.  I believe that WMBR was AM 1460 and then AM 600.  (WAPE was AM 690 at the time).  WMBR did go away, but I think it was much later than 1958, possibly the late 1970's.  If memory serves me correct, the WMBR call-letters actually started out in Tampa and they are now used on a radio station at M.I.T. in Massachusetts. 
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