St. Johns River Jacksonville, Florida, 1921 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures St. Johns River Jacksonville, Florida, 1921 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the St. Johns River Bridge connecting Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, Fla., June 27, 1921
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St. Johns River Jacksonville, Florida, 1921
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Jacksonville, Florida, in 1921 was a busy river port on the St. Johns, shipping lumber, naval stores such as turpentine and rosin, and other goods out to Atlantic and Gulf markets. The city had grown to roughly 90,000 residents and was still rebuilding its downtown after the Great Fire of 1901 had destroyed much of the business district. Waterfront wharves, rail lines, and steamship traffic tied the city's economy to the river, and those who lived there knew it as the commercial center of Northeast Florida. Real estate speculation was picking up across the state as the land boom of the mid-1920s began to take shape, bringing new construction and optimism to the city's streets.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Creator | woodward studio |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Florida |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,796 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the St. Johns River Bridge connecting Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, Fla., June 27, 1921 |
| Reference | FL St. Johns River Jacksonville 1921 |
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