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Ribault's Landing Mural
in the Sears Roebuck and Co. Resteraunt

P-0751.tif

Object Details â€‹

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Title

Ribault's Landing Mural in the Sears Roebuck and Co. Restaurant

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Subject
Lee Adams 

Ribault's Landing 


Description

Photo taken by Lee Adams of his mural, Ribault's Landing, installed in the Sears Robuck and Co. restaurant. 

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Photo slide box was labeled "Sears Mural"

Note from Camille Adams Helminski:

Ribault mural: diorama Dad constructed to witness light upon figures, etc...; some close-up detail photos of mural segments, a few river studies, and photos of installation of mural at Sears. Restaurant space:

"Downtown Jacksonville's Sears store was envisioned to be the cream of Sears' crop when it opened in 1959. At the time, Sears' demographics indicated that Jacksonville was spreading mainly in three directions from downtown. In the event that a downtown store site was not located, the alternative option would have been to construct three smaller stores outside Springfield, Riverside and in the Southside. 

          When completed, the new Downtown Sears store would be the chain's largest in the South, measuring in at 260,000 square feet spread out over four levels and a basement.....

          Sears patrons dined on one of the specialties of the Jean Ribault Room, shrimp salad served in an abalone pearl shell. This in-store restaurant, clad in cool, calming greens, was situated on the second floor. It indicated its First Coast location through a 33-foot-long mural by Jax artist Lee Adams. The painting depicted the 1562 landing of Frenchman Jean Ribault at the mouth of the St. Johns River."

"Source: 'Cadalliac" Heads Toward Refwncy (Florida Times-Union) 5/17/81

https://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-jun-sears-the-cadillac-store-of-the-south

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2012/apr/16/sesquiquadricentennial-connection/

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2012/may/02/ribault-mural-unveiled-main-library/


Creator

Lee Adams

 

Local Numbers

P-0751

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Source
Scan of photo slide taken by Lee Adams

 

Publisher

Mandarin Museum & Historical Society


Date
1959-1981


Contributor
Lee Adams

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Rights
Mandarin Museum & Historical Society

 

Format
TIFF still image ; 3056x 2016 pixels ; 2400 dpi ; 18.5 MB

 

Language
NA

 

Type
Image

 

Coverage

1959-1981

Jacksonville, FL

 

Original Format
Photo Slide


Physical Dimensions

2” x 2”

 

Collection
Lee Adams

 

Tags

Lee Adams 

Jean Ribault

Ribault's Landing 

Mural

Sears Roebuck and Co. Restaurant

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