(Source of picture: Florida State Archives)

Here's a look back at Westside of Jacksonville in 1958:  A Texaco station sits next to a Dairy Queen on Normandy Boulevard.  Today, the Dairy Queen still serves hot & cold treats, while a shoe store now occupies the site of the old Texaco.  The remodeled Dairy Queen is located near the West Jacksonville Baptist Church.

The small Texaco buildings were built in cookie-cutter fashion all over America.  The structures were painted white with forest-green streamline stripes.  A free-standing post that bore the red Texaco star logo on a white disk.  They were designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, who was also known for designing the Kodak Brownie camera and numerous other streamlined items. 

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