Jacksonville in Life Magazine

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Life Magazine’s photo archive is being hosted by Google and all of their photos from the 1860’s on are available online. There are a number of photos from Jacksonville that can be found here:


http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&q=jacksonville+source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=20


the full archive is at:


http://images.google.com/hosted/life

[BridgeTroll]

Ya gotta love this sign over the water fountain...

[Jason]

I thought those water fountains were put there for the sole purpose of washing our soles!?

[Bostech]

Is that fountain for whites or colored?

[RiversideGator]

Bosnians only.   

[Joe]

^ It says it was at a Jacksonville Beach rec center in 1956. The whole facility was probably whites only.

[Bostech]

We,the Bosnians,only drink from the bottle.


Umm,wait I am  American now.
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[stjr]

I don't think this is every picture Life Magazine has of Jax.  I distinctly remember a full double page color photo in Life of Michael Jackson's Thriller Tour at the Gator Bowl.  As I recall he did 4 straight nights in his only Florida appearance and sold out every one.  Some 250,000 tickets.  Was circa 1984 I think.

[stjr]

Here is more specific info from a Michael Jackson fan site about his Jax concerts for his "Victory Tour", not named "Thriller" as I thought.  It shows 3 shows, not 4, and sellouts at 45K each but I still think they may have had far more than that as the stadium held much more.  I think they closed off one end for the stage, but that would still seem to leave a lot more than 45K seats.  I also noted one other Florida venue on the list, Miami's Orange Bowl in November, 1984.

July 21, 1984 Jacksonville [Florida, USA] 45,000 * Gator Bowl
July 22, 1984 Jacksonville [Florida, USA] 45,000 * Gator Bowl
July 23, 1984 Jacksonville [Florida, USA] 45,000 * Gator Bowl