JacksonvilleStory.com

Local & Family History in Jacksonville, Florida

 

 

Search Engine for Website

Homepage

Upcoming Events

Local Wonders!

Jax History Links

Maps

Pictures & Photos

Family History Links

Tracing the History of Your House

Jax Places for History Research

Historical Tours

Share Your Jax Memories

Website Info

Meet Glenn Emery, Website Manager

Contact the Website Manager

*****************

 

 

 

 

 

 

  MEMORIAL'S TALL NEIGHBOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE ABOVE -- Park Lane hulks over Memorial Park in a postcard that may date from about 1940. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Source of top image: Florida Collection, Main Public Library, Jax; bottom image: Florida State Archives)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE ABOVE -- Bus #1024 is posed in Memorial Park in front of the Park Lane Apartments.  This vehicle represented Florida Motor Lines probably during the Thirties.  According to a photo note from the Florida State Archives, Bus #1024 "was one of two which made the Jacksonville-Orlando run.  Its drivers were R. H. Hutson and J. D. Williams.  The line originally was the Orange Belt Line, based in Orlando, and it may have had a connection to the White Stage line.  Later Florida Motor Lines absorbed Southeastern Lines, and then merged with Greyhound around 1941..."

 

 

Contact the Website Manager

 

           -- Suggestions?  Comments?  Broken links?  Need research assistance?

  

 

  THANK YOU...  

       FOR VISITING THE JACKSONVILLE STORY,

        YOUR TIME MACHINE TO THE PAST