BRICK STREET IN SPRINGFIELD

(Source of picture: Online Florida State Archives Photographic Collection)

We're looking at the brick intersection of 8th and Pearl streets two generations ago -- or on March 30, 1949, to be exact.  On the left is the Pearl Street Pharmacy, which in more recent years has housed an antiques business.  Catty-cornered from it is Reiser's Battery Service.  It provided "expert repairs" for boats and buses.  The proprietor was Major J. Reiser, a Riverside resident who lived on Cherry Street.  The Gulf sign belonged to Edward L. Kirkland's filling station, now a vacant lot.