JAX CURIOSITY SHOP

              Pictures & Trivia for Natives & Newcomers

Where JTA city buses rumble from stop to stop, prehistoric pachyderms used to lumber from water hole to water hole.  The Jacksonville Story is fascinating, with everything from hay burners & shotgun houses to "Terror Birds" & testy ostriches.  Special appearances have even been made by Robert E. Lee, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, four Nazi saboteurs, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon!

Browse this collection of interesting old images & trivia from the First Coast.  With over 100 selections, there should be something for everyone.

   PICS & TRIVIA

PLEASE NOTE   ~  The following web pages contain pictures & trivia.  They are in

order by time period.

Prehistory

Prehistoric Era:  Ice Age in the Sunshine State

Prehistoric Era:  Human Compassion

Prehistoric Era:  Mammoths & Mastodons

Prehistoric Era:  More about Mammoths & Mastodons

Prehistoric Era:  Sloths, Gentle Giants of Ancient Jax

Prehistoric Era:  First Coast Fangs!

Prehistoric Era:  First Coast Fins!

Timucua Indians

Timucua Times

       -- The first residents of First Coast -- Lots of pics & info!

From 1500s to 1799

1568:  French Revenge

1500s & 1600s:  Galleon Gambling 

Late 1700s:  The Bovine Crossing

1777:  Yankees Vs. Redcoats 

From 1800 to 1861

NEW! Early 1800s:  A Southside Stronghold

NEW! 1830s:  A Downtown Fort

NEW! 1848:  Celia's Sad Fate

NEW! 1840s & 1850s:  The Fate of Celia's Family

  Civil War

1862:  The Blue vs. Gray at St. Johns Bluff

1864:  The Battle of Olustee

  1866 to 1899

1870s:  African American Kids in Jax

1870s:  School Days

Late 1800s & Early 1900s:  Streetcars on the Roll

  1900 to 1915

1901:  First College Football Game

Early 1900s:  Show Bears & Teddy Bears

About 1904:  Infant Incubator

Early 1900s:  Ostriches Kick Up a Storm

Early 1900s:  Plump-Rumped Racers

Early 1900s:  An Antique Disney World 

Early 1900s:  Skyline after Dark

NEW! 1912:  Dinner on the Docks

About 1914:  New Water Pipes

  1916 to 1929

NEW! 1916:  Merriment with the Moviemakers  

1917:  Moviemakers in Trouble

NEW! 1920s: Keep on Truckin'

NEW! 1920s: More Trucks

1928:  "Our Gang" in Jax

1920s & 1930s:  The Fate of the Ferryboats

1930s & 1940s

    1930s:  The Florida Theater & the Great Depression

1930s:  Christmas at the Florida Theater

1930s:  Dressing Down for the Beach

NEW! 1930s:  Mini Golfing, a Depression Delight

1930s:  An Eye-Catching Shoe Shop

1930s:  Mayport's Blue-Jeaned Mail Lady

1938:  Martha Washington Hotel (Just for Women)

1930s & 1940s:  Soda Fountains

1941:  Car Buying in Riverside

  More '40s

1940s:  Great White Way

1940s:  Great Black Way

NEW! 1947:  A Squirrelly Resident of Arlington

NEW! 1940s:  By Truck

NEW! 1940s:  Additional Trucks

Mid 1900s:  Fill 'Er Up

1947:  Brewster Hospital's Vital Role

NEW! 1948:  Party at the Potato Chip Place

NEW! 1948:  Yuletide Warmth in the Fire Department

  Mid 1900s to 1970s

NEW! Mid 1900s:  Got Milk?

NEW! Mid 1900s: Cloth vs. Disposable

Early 1950s:  A Drive-In on the Westside

Early 1950s:  Easter at Riverside's Five Points

Mid 1900s:  A Very Influential Jax Man

1952:  "Jim Crow" Takes the Night Off

1950s:  Creature Attacks South Jax!

1950s:  In the Navy

1950s:  What's Playing on Bay Street?

1950s:  Trailer Village on the Northside

    Info Sources Used for "The Jacksonville Story"

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