SAILING SHIP UNDER REPAIR

(Source of image: Florida State Archives)

The sailing vessel is sitting high & dry in a floating dry dock in Jacksonville.  This postcard is postdated 1911.  In the background to the right of the ship is the E. O. Painter Fertilizer Company, located on the Southbank.  In 1907, South Jacksonville had been described as little more than a small community with dirt roads, poor water service, no electric lights, and no paved streets or sidewalks.  Nowadays, of course, it's considered part & parcel of the downtown area.

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