(Source of image: Florida Collection, Main Public Library, Jacksonville)

This picture looks like it’s straight from Mayberry, a quintessential Old South image.  The man facing the camera was loafing on a Hemming Park bench during a warm summer day in July 1936.  Does anyone recognize this unidentified park visitor?  Is he one of your First Coast forebears?

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