Old Pensacola Bay Postcards

My daughter found these old prints. I thought somebody would be interested.

hallmarkgrad wrote:Thanks Mr Yella!! You know I like the Old Pensacola stuff.

What street do you think is pictured, hallmark?

I dont know the tall building has me confused. If that is city hall then it would be east of Palafox. It appears that maybe it is showing the rear of some of the buildings. My Grandmother said they used to hitch their horses and such in the rear of building and not the front. I dont know, just guessing.

NEAT, Yeller! Thanks for sharing this. I've always found Pensacola's history to be really fascinating.

hallmarkgrad wrote:I dont know the tall building has me confused. If that is city hall then it would be east of Palafox. It appears that maybe it is showing the rear of some of the buildings. My Grandmother said they used to hitch their horses and such in the rear of building and not the front. I dont know, just guessing.

I think it is the court house. So it would be Palafox st.

Joanimaroni wrote:

I think it is the court house. So it would be Palafox st.

Yes and catty-corner from the courthouse you can see Plaza Ferdinand (which is referred to on the postcard).

That 1st picture is sometime before 1909 because there is no Empire Building in it.

My dad went through flight training in the mid-1930's and they rolled Curtis biplanes out of the Navy hangars by the water... into the water, then took off the wheels (I think). Then they took off and landed in the bay.

When he got his wings, he was stationed on the USS Pennsylvania and would take off on a catapult on the ship (a battleship) and land in the water. The ship would pull up beside him and lower a hook and pick him and his plane out with a crane. He said if you ever got your hand in between the hook and the lift ring on the plane, it was bye-bye hand.