Downtown Department Stores

A view of Adams Street looking east towards Main Street during the 1940s. Image courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/142524

A postcard capturing Levy's and Furchgott's during the 1940s. Image courtesy of http://www.playle.com/listing.php?i=SWAMPFOX1096&PHPSESSID=a

Cohen Brother's "Big Store" in 1939. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51293

Specialty retail stores in the vicinity of Cohen Brothers department store included Toyland and Haverty's Furniture on Duval Street. Photo by Robert E. Fisher Collection. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/167006

Women waiting outside Furchgott's in 1949. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51259

Women waiting outside the front of Furchgott's in 1949. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51260

A display window of Furchgott's in 1948. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51261

JCPenney, F.W. Woolworth Company and the Robert Meyer Hotel. Photo courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/163677

SH Kress & Company in 1949 at the intersection of Main and Adams Streets. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51143

A 1920s sketch of Levy's Department Store. Photo courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/39188

Levy's Department Store during the 1930s. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/52828

Intersection of Main and Forsyth Streets in 1938. Photo by Elsner Photo. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/142527

A postcard of Cohen Brothers department store looking down Hogan Street. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/159078

A look at Forsyth & Main. Photo by Robert E. Fisher Collection. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/166925

Walgreens on Adams Street. Photo by Robert E. Fisher. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/166928

Rosenblums at the corner of Adams and Hogans Streets. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51338

Rosenblums in 1938. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/52841

WT Grant display window in 1948. Photo by Jack Spottswood. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/51249