(Source of picture: Florida State Archives)

In this undated photo, Benton's Grocery stands near Blackies Place.  According to the Florida State Archives, these two businesses were located on Old Bear Road in the Jacksonville area.  Can anyone tell us where this road was?

In 1927, a typical neighborhood grocery store in Jacksonville was the Tenth Street Grocery Company.  It stood at 2148 Pearl Street, phone 5-4886, and its owner was Sam Smith, who was assisted by his wife and daughter.  The little business dealt in "staple and fancy groceries," offering a meat market and delicatessen.  According to the 1927 book Sketches of Jacksonville, Tenth Street drew many regular patrons.  It first opened in 1913.

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