GOING, GOING, GONE:

                     TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS

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

These somber-faced messenger boys served Jacksonville for Western Union.   They were probably kept busy, delivering & picking up telegrams. The photo was taken in March 1913.  If you descend from a long-time First Coast family, these youngsters may very well have met your forebears during the course of their daily runs.

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