Historic Photos
First Row: Mrs. H.J. Scott, Mrs. R.C. D'arcy, Mrs. Charles W.Blum, Miss Florence L. Hughes,
Mrs. N.D. Beckman, Mrs. H. Turner Knight,
Second Row: Mrs. A.H. Brown, Mrs. Harry H. Rabb, Mrs. J.L. Rosser, Mrs. C.E. Stiefel,
Third Row: Mrs. C.C. Bruestle, Mrs. Frank Norris, Mrs. W.M. Bostwick,
Fourth Row: Mrs. A.H. Wilkinson, Mrs. Paul C. Phillips, Mrs. Leonard Grunthal, Mrs. F.W. Brundick,
Mrs. J.H. Ross, Mrs. Walter F. Rogers,
Back Row: Mrs. R.C. Miller, Mrs. Alfred C. George, Mrs. B.E. Hardacre,
Not in Picture: Mrs. Walter Terrell, Mrs. J.D. Porter, Mrs. A.J. Rosenthal, Mrs. George Treisback,
Mrs. W.R. Royall,
Mrs. J.H. Mitchell Executive Board 1937-1938
Miss Bagaley's Kindergarten, Stockton Street 1948
Steve Shad at Miss Bagaley's Juvenile Theater dance recital in 1949
Paula Levison and William Cordner School Play 1913 Duval High School
The pictures below appear to be from the 1960's. The man having a bad hair day is
Republican U.S. Senator Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) who appears to be
visiting Jacksonville as the guest of Edward Ball (1888-1981), who as the Trustee of the
Alfred I. Dupont Trust controlled:
The Florida National Group of Banks- One of the largest Groups in Florida;
The Florida East Coast Railroad which was built by Henry Flagler from Jacksonville to
Key West, Florida in the late 1890's to 1910; and The St. Joe Paper Company which owned over
1,000,000 acres of the land all across the State of Florida. This was approximately 3% of the land
in Florida. Imagine driving down 1-75 and owning a 1 mile strip of land from the Atlantic Ocean
to the Gulf of Mexico every 30 miles as you go. The income from this vast empire went to the
Alfred I. Dupont Trust and was all distributed to charity. Therefore, the trust was and still is
one of the largest contributors to charity in the U.S.A.
Fire Department 1908 Jacksonville , Florida
Police Department 1900 Jacksonville, Florida
Light Infantry 1898
Central Grammar School 1909
DUVAL HIGH SCHOOL
(Duval-Stevens Apartments)
605 NORTH OCEAN STREET
DATE: 1907-1908 (original); 1920 (north addition); 1922 (south addition)
ARCHITECTS: W. B. Camp (original); Greeley & Benjamin (additions)
BUILDERS: J. A. McDonald & Board of Public Instruction (original); Basil P. Kennard (north addition);
O. P. Woodcock (south addition) Duval High School, founded in 1875, was the first public school in
Florida to offer courses beyond the elementary grades.
Constructed in 1877, the first permanent building was used until its destruction in 1901 by the Great Fire.
After the fire, Duval High was housed first at the LaVilla Grammar School and then in Central Grammar.
The Duval High Alumni Association deemed this to be an unsatisfactory arrangement and embarked
on a private fund-raising program to obtain a separate building. Completed in 1908, the central building
was constructed of red brick with limestone trim. The central section of this building is four stories tall
and has a hip roof. Corbeled arches with keystones appear over many of the windows,
and copper cornices crown each of the vertical divisions of the facade. On either side of the original
building are two annexes built in 1920 and 1922, which account for the building's present three-part
configuration. In 1977 the structure was declared surplus by the School Board and sold to the
Ida M. Stevens Foundation.
Architect Ted Pappas redesigned the building for use as apartments for the elderly.
At a cost of $1,700,000, the building was convertedinto fifty-two units, and another Jacksonville landmark
was spared the wrecking ball. Ironically, some of the students who once went to school in this building
now live there.
Duval High School 1920's
Duval High School 1897
Park Lane Apartments 1926
Five Points Theatre 1949
Corner of Park & King Street 1930's
Claude Nolan Cadillac 1908
Claude Nolan Cadillac Building 1912
Atlantic Beach Hotel after Hurricane Dora 1964
Riverside Chevrolet 1940's
Interior of J.C. Greeley's Bank 1890
J.C. Greeley's Bank 1890
Dixieland Park Jacksonville Florida 1910
Camp Johnston Newspaper 1918
Hospital Ship Ernest Hines Jacksonville, Florida 1954
Elk's Club Jacksonville Florida 1920
Jacksonville Beach Seabreeze Motel 1950"s
Jacksonville Beach McCormick Motel 1950"s
Jacksonville Beach 1950's
Jacksonville Beach Scene 1970
Avondale Jacksonville Florida
Bijou Theatre 1910 Jacksonville Florida
Duval High School 1897 Jacksonville Florida
John Gorrie School Jacksonville Florida 1935
Jim Tyson, Pam Duke, Stu Gregory, Frances
Brunson, Ella Mae Jones, Larry Moshell
Stu Gregory
The Sorority Sisters of Lee High
Tuck Peters Ella Mae Jones Larry Moshell
Richard Kemen, Louise (Neese) Oster
Jim Tyson, Larry Moshell, Stewart Gregory
PATROL BOY WASH. TRIP -1946.
Very Front : M, Tankersly, M,F, Lt. Herman Gordon, Twirp, F,
U.S. Rep. Emory Price
Very Second Row: B, Twirp II, Geek, B, right end is Frank Skipper
First Row: Charlton (Jug) Wilson, Bill Slye, Walter Coleman,
Mac Hendee, Francis Johnson, - - on end is David Miller
Second Row: - - seventh is Bill Boling, John Marshall - - -
near right end is ? Perritt
Third Row: - - fifth is Bob Sanders - - ninth is Orville Tyler
Fourth Row: - - eighth is Roy Shanks
Fifth Row: - - above Shanks and to right- Larry Moore (peeking over Orville)
Sixth Row: - - third from right- Richard (Pokey) Smith - -
These are Patrol Boys were from all over the City of Jacksonville.
The few identified had been attending Fishweir and West Riverside.
The photo and most of the names were furnished by Bill Boling after the 2007
Fishweir Open House . Some of the rows are not clear, but if you know the
person you will find them nearby.
CUB SCOUTS 1944
Front Row David MaKenzie, Pokey, (Am. Flag) David Miller, B, (Flag),
Dudley Norman, Bill Corley, B, Cliff Chambliss, B
Second Row B, B, Gordon Perkins, (Am. Flag) M, (Flag) ,- - - B
Third Row B, Jimmy Barefield, B, Norman Cole, (Am. Flag), B, B, (Flag) B,
Bob Braswell, Jim Roane, Richard Roseborough
Top Row Mr Perkins- Scoutmaster, (Am. Flag) B, B, (Flag), M
As with those of the Avondale Methodist , Riverside Presbyterian and other
churches the Boy Scouting and Cub Scouting programs , beside teaching skills
and citizenship, were places where the boys of the regional schools
could mix apart from sporting activities. Cub Pack 8 of Avondale Methodist
shown here around 1944 was a mix of Fishweir
and West Riverside, Gorrie and Lee. The Boy Scout assistants are in the
lighter colored uniforms. There were Brownie Scouting
activities for the younger girls and a few Girl Scouts whom I hope did more
than just sell cookies. But like with most of the
organized school and community programs for girls, it stopped about there.
Junior Assembly 1950
Eleanor Barnett,Jeanne Donohoo, Brian Jones, Bobby Hess,
Dottie Sue Thompson, Ray King 1952
The Barn Dance Boys Pictured left to Right:
Ray King of Lakeshore,Ted Baker of Bolles, Reid Harden of John Gorrie
and Karl Bardin of Landon. These boys were captians for each of the four
schools represented. 1948
Hi-Y Officers 1949
Richard Keman, Larry Moshell, Richard ( Pokey ) Smith, Gary Lunsford,
Bill Bailey, Ray King
Camp Mount Mitchell for Girls, Burnsville , North Carolina 1937
Second Row: 3rd from right Mavis Brooks Powell,
Second Row: 4th from right Lanessa McMillan Howard
Brentwood Park 1939
Baptist Church 1930's
St. Vincents Hospital 1950
Kress Dept. Store 1939
Seat covers 1940's
Southern Cafeteria
Ballard & Ballard 1950
Fairfax Manor 1940's
Forsythe St.
Train at Post and McDuff Streets 1950's
Trout River 1956
Boylan Home
Edgewood Theatre 1948
Inside the Edgewood Theatre 1948
Park St. and Roosevelt
Independant Life Building
The Graham Building completed in 1913 , demolished in 1981
Phoenix Park Orchestra 1920's
Mayor of Jacksonville J.E. T. Bowden Home
Mayor Bowden after the fire in 1901
Herschel St. between Seminole and Avondale 1926
Claude Nolan Cadillac. Original Building built in 1910
Highway Maintenence Crew 1958
The Jacksonville May Fete May 1st 1926.Held at Riverside Park by the
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. The Three May Dreams are
Louise Hughes, Martha Alworth, Jeanne Marie Graves.
Pig 'N Whistle Restaurant 1940's
Click here to view mementos from a 1926 Duval High School Yearbook
We would like to thank Ray King for allowing us to use the following pictures from his book , Fishweir and Beyond ( Riverside Memories) .
Oliver Morton, Don Singleton, Mary Morrow Drake, Julie Lindblad, Joan Lee,
Lorenzo Milam, Mike Darby, Radford Lovett, unidentified girl
Frank Martin, Ray King, Leland Burpee, Mike Henley , ?, Morton Lord
Scott Moore, Frank Martin, Stewart Knower, Dudley Parr, ?, Ray King, Alan Mullins,
Leland Burpee, Bob Miller
Sally Anderson, Ray King
Donald Leath, Richard Kemen, Buddy Wiggins, Billy Bailey, Larry Moshell
Virginia Seige, Deane Jackson, Mary Henderson,Daphnie Barber, Betty Barber
Top Row: Henry Harris, Lewis Lee, Herbert Holcomb, Don Martin, Robert Johnson,
Larry Moshell, John MacGowan
Middle: Jack LaForge, Donald Peaks, Orville Tyler, Bill Winton, Scott Ball,
John Dykers, Bill Boling, ?,Ronald Fell
Front: ?, Norman ?, Billy Peaks, David Turknet, Joe?, Lee McCubbin, Kendall Boyle,
Mickey Morrow
Mildred Barrett, Betty Barber, Mary Henderson, Deane Jackson,
Paula Cahill Betty Davis, Virginia Seige, Marilyn Kerr
Patrol Boy Washington Trip- 1946
Boy Scouts- 1944
David Makenzie, David Miller, Dudley Norman, Bill Corley, Cliff Chambliss,
Gordon Perkins, Jimmy Barefield, Morman Cole, Bob Braswell, Jim Roane,
Richard Roseborough,
THE USUAL SUSPECTS LINE - UP AT WOODROWS
Henry Rogers, George Brown, Bo Crutchfield, Sam Oliver,
Don Boling,Irving Keys, Mike Darby
AT THE NORMANDY
Bo Crutchfield Doodle Bunson Sam Myrick (Designated Driver) Dottie Chamblis,
Walter Smith I believe among the first drive-in movies at Jacksonville was the Atlantic
on the Old Beach Road.
It was ancient. I drove past it innumerable times when we moved out to Arlington,
but went in there only once. I was driving home and got the wild-hair idea of sneaking-in too,
all by myself. So I turned off the headlights , drove in the exit and found a spot. A little later
the attendant came by and asked me about my ticket. Gulp ! ! Ticket ? I was going to jail !
I played dumb, which was not very hard, and he let me go. My last drive-in movie patronage
was around 1980 in Knoxville. I was on business trip and Grayce had accompanied me.
We went to see "The Towering Inferno". But she insisted that I pay them this time - - and we
actually did watch the movie. We were married.
Ray King, Sarah Boone, Fran Childress, Albert Colley, Pokey Smith,
Wakefield Poole, Joan Goodman, Katherine Arnold, Marga Railey, Bill Bailey
Downtown Jacksonville , Main Street Bridge, 1950"s Bay Street 1920"s
Bay Street 1920"s City Hall 1950"s
City Hall 1920"s Jacksonville Fire Department at Hemming Park 1920"s
Jacksonville Fire Department at Hemming Park 1920"s Jacksonville Beach, Shuffleboard 1950"s
Jacksonville Beach, 1950's Merrill Stevens Shipyards 1918
Proctor's Hardware 1950"s San Jose 1920's
St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida, 1886
JACKSONVILLE
In 1562 Gaspard de Coligny, the Admiral of France, sent out an expedition under the Hugenot, Jean Ribault, to explore America. Ribault and his men touched near the mouth of the St. Johns River, then moved on northward, leaving a small garrison at Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
During the spring of 1564 an expedition under Rene de Laudonniere left France to settle in the New World. On June 25th, that same year, the expedition anchored off the St. Johns River near where Jacksonville now stands. For the site of this new colony the French chose a spot about five miles from the mouth of the river. With the help of Indians, they raised a triangular fort of earth and wood which enclosed several palm thatched buildings. Other houses were built outside of the fort. Fort Caroline was then named in honor of King Charles IX and was the first Protestant colony established in North America. Shortly afterward the Spanish forces captured the fort and renamed it San Mateo.
In 1740 the Spanish built another fort nearby at a ford, which the Indians had named Wacca Pilatka, meaning "cows crossing over." The spot was known as the Ferry of St. Nicholas by the Spanish, so they named their fortress the Fort of St. Nicholas to guard this crossing. This fort was maintained throughout the Spanish colonial period.
During British ownership of Florida, 1763 to 1783, the settlement of Cowford was developed in this area and a large defensive earthwork was constructed on St. Johns Bluff. The Kings Road, constructed in 1765 from St. Augustine to Georgia, took advantage of the ford and crossed the river at this point. Zephaniah Kingsley, well-known slave trader, built a shipyard and plantation nearby during the early 1800's. Fort St. Nicholas was burned by the Patriots of Florida when they organized the Republic of Florida in 1812.
Lewis Zacharias Hogans built a log cabin on his Spanish grant, overlooking the St. Johns River, and the land he farmed is now the center of Jacksonville.
After the purchase of Florida by the United States from Spain in 1821, General Andrew Jackson restored peace as the Territorial Governor. In 1822 a section of Cowford on the north bank of the St. Johns River was named Jacksonville in honor of Florida's governor. Streets were laid out and named even though it wasn't until 1830 that the population of Jacksonville reached 300. The city was incorporated in 1832, but the charter was repealed in 1840. Jacksonville was without a city government until the charter was reinstated in 1841.
The first newspaper, the Courier, was published in 1835. During this period the construction of several railroads was planned, but none were built. The town's early development was achieved as a market for cotton, timber, and naval supplies.
The Seminole War followed a series of Indian uprisings that terrorized the Jacksonville region. Business was paralyzed and, to make matters worse, the temperature dropped to seven degrees above zero, killing the orange groves in the St. Johns River region. When the war ended in 1842, Jacksonville embarked on an eraof prosperity that continued without interruption until the outbreak of the Civil War. The harbor was crowded with ships loading longleaf yellow pine, while Bay Street was filled with all of the requirements needed to satisfy the "pent-up" needs of men who had spent many months at sea.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville suffered from the lack of overland transportation. In 1851 the State Legislature authorized the construction of a toll road made of wooden planks between Jacksonville and Alligator, now known as Lake City. The only means of transportation between Jacksonville and the State Capital, Tallahassee, was a four-day journey by stage coach.At the outbreak of the Civil War the sympathies of Jacksonville were largely with the South even though many of the leading citizens were originally from the North. When Florida joined the Confederacy the Jacksonville Light Infantry was first in offering its services to the cause. Jacksonville's primary contribution to the Confederacy was as a base for blockade-runners.
When the Federal troops withdrew in 1863, the refugees, returning to their city, found their homes burned, streets dug into trenches, docks destroyed and farms annihilated. The results of this desolation are a direct reflection of the adaptability and enterprise of the citizens of Jacksonville. The Federal troops had experienced the warmth of this climate and a "way-of-life" that they admired. As a result, Jacksonville soon became noted as an ideal winter resort city. By 1870 the population had reached 7,000 — nearly three times the pre-Civil War figure of 2,500 in 1860.
By 1880 the port of Jacksonville had made great strides. With Federal tax money the channel had been deepened and jetties were built at the mouth of the river. By 1897 the gross annual business being completed in this port exceeded $38,000,000.
The first railroad to begin operation southward from Jacksonville was a narrow gauge line that began carrying passengers and freight between Jacksonville and St. Augustine in 1883.
Jacksonville became a center for refugees from Cuba just prior to the Spanish-American War. When war was declared the St. Johns River was mined to protect nearly 40,000 American troops who were encamped here.
Although the city had been plagued by yellow fever in 1888, plus dengue fever and influenza, the city's greatest catastrophe was the fire of 1901. This conflagration swept an area of 148 blocks, demolished 2,368 buildings and left nearly 10,000 homeless. Once again Jacksonville showed its intestinal fortitude and within ten years more than $25,000,000 had been spent to replace these burned out buildings.
Jacksonville has since developed as the second largest naval stores market in the world and the largest lumber shipping point on the Atlantic Coast. It has vast oil terminals and contains more than 500 industrial plants. As the Gateway to Florida, Jacksonville is also the hub of insurance, banking, finance and industry in the Southeast as well as a major distribution point by rail, air, ship and highway.
St. Johns River Steamer Fred K. De Bary at
Jacksonville, Florida
Rare Photo of occupied Jacksonville showing Bay Street in the vicinity of Ocean during the Civil War. Note the
Union sentry on top of the building.
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Halifax, Railway Ferry
across St. Johns River at Jacksonville prior to
completion of
first railroad bridge in 1890
Jacksonville Bridge, 1892
Grizzly bears performing their acrobatics in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1905
Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida January 29,1912
Main Street Jacksonville, Florida 1910
Civil War Veterans parade at Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, Water Front
Family group Photograph taken during the Civil War in front of St. Pauls Methodist Church at the corner of Duval and
Newnan Streets
J.N.C. Stockton Home located at Riverside Avenue and Stockton Street. Early 1900's
Annie B Lytle Public School Number Four, built in 1917
Annie B Lytle School
Jacksonville, Florida 1847
Western Union Delivery Boys in 1913, Jacksonville, Florida
School House in 1910 Jacksonville, Florida
Forsythe Street in 1912, Jacksonville, Florida
Fire Station No. 2 Jacksonville, Florida
Duval County Courthouse Jacksonvile, Florida
Walker's Tavern Diamond Ball Team 1934 D Davis manager Jacksonville, Florida
Chip Walker, Bill Rogers , Jr.,Bob Sundberg, Melvin Parker, Albert Knitz, Bill McCabe, Bill Rogers Sr., Ken Davis ,David Davis
Raymond Alverez
St James Realty & Department Store Co. Stock Certificate for Cohen Brothers of Jacksonville, Florida
The Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, Florida
Menu from the Hotel Floridan, Jacksonville, Florida
Hotel Windsor Jacksonville, Florida
Hotel Windsor Jacksonville, Florida
Proprietor R R Meyer Manager J E Kavanaugh
Hotel Windsor, Jacksonville, Florida
Hotel Roosevelt Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville Florida 1919
Jacksonville Florida
Jacksonville Florida Police Department 1939
Map of Jacksonville, Florida 1847
Peninsular Life Insurance Co. , Gulf Life
Insurance Co. ,
United Life Insurance Co., Independent Life &
Accident Co, George Washington Life
Insurance Co. , State Farm Mutual Insurance Co,
Blue Cross , Blue Shield Inc, United States
Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Camp Johnston during World War 1, which
is now Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Duval Hotel and Post Offfice on Hogan Street,
Courthouse and Armory 1910, Seminole Hotel 1910
Windsor Hotel and Hemming Park, Masonic Temple,
Jacksonville Board of Trade Building
Tremont House, Florida Dispatch Line
Oxford Hotel and Pharmacy, Laura at Duval
Streets, Jacksonville, Florida 1886-1887
State Bank of Florida, First National Bank,
Bank of Jacksonville, National Bank of the State of Florida
City of Jacksonville 1918
Jacksonville 1945
Jenks Restaurant 199 Main Street, Jacksonville Florida
Owned by Thomas Jenks . It was the only air-conditioned
restaurant in town before
1944.
Below is a copy of the menu from Jenks Restaurant 1943
Below is a picture of The Nasrallah Family 1935.
AK Nasrallah Top Row, Second from right:
AA Nasrallah is on top row fifth from the right.
They were the founders of Whiteway Corner
and The Nasrallah Building in the historic
Riverside Avondale area Jacksonville Florida.
Below from left to right: AA Nasrallah, AK Nasrallah,
Rudolph Nasrallah, and Nash Nasrallah
