The Snapshots in Time Collection

South Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida, c. 1900-1910

South Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida, c. 1900-1910

South Palafox Street, the commercial heart of Pensacola, Florida, photographed in the early twentieth century. Lined with cast-iron balconied storefronts and crossed by streetcar tracks, this thoroughfare would have been a familiar sight to sailors from the nearby naval station enjoying shore liberty, and its inclusion in a sailor's personal album reflects the everyday texture of port life beyond shipboard duty. Project: 218600