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In the press box at the Gator Bowl, 1954. Dick Stratton (seated second from right) was the announcer. Stratton was a broadcaster in Jacksonville for over 40 years starting in the 1950’s and passed away in 2005 at the age of 78.
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A showroom vehicle advertising the line of Volkswagens which could be purchased at Jacksonville’s Brundage Motors. The import dealer later changed hands after the death of owner Hubert Brundage and became the internationally known Brumos dealership. Brundage was a regular client of Loyd’s.
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There is no information with this photograph but the history of this now defunct auto marque is fascinating. Crosley only produced cars from 1939 to 1952. They got 50 miles per gallon and Crosley was the last company in the United States to cease production of civilian vehicles during W.W. II.
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Caption on back of print: Mess Cooks take eyes out of potatoes at N.A.G.S. 2/20/45 “Here is a group of men on KP duty. The potatoes shown in the background was just part of the 5 tons used each day at the base. They seemed to be having a good time, but I think the […]
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As a photographer I enjoy looking at other photographer’s contact sheets. It shows the thought process and progression of a photo shoot. You can still do this with digital but for some reason it is just not the same. Loyd Sandgren shot quite a bit of professional wrestling in the early 1960’s and this is […]
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Undated photo of boys boxing in what looks like the old Jacksonville armory building.
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“Aerial photograph showing a portion of the business area of Jacksonville, Fla., on January 10, 1951. In the middle foreground opposite the tall St. Johns Apartment Building will be seen the site of the new Federal Reserve Branch Bank Building of Jacksonville, Florida, then under construction. You can see Hemming Park near the middle of […]
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Photographer Virgil Deane with an 8X10 Deardorff View Camera on Jacksonville Beach during a commercial shoot. He was a contemporary of Loyd’s and appears in a number of his images. Deane died in 1999 at age 84 and may be best known for his portrait of Mama and Pappa Gustafson which was used for the […]
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Bob Feller giving pitching pointers at Wolfson Park. Love the Cub Scout! “Bob Feller, a great ex-pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. He was helping some of the kids at the Wolfson baseball park.” LS
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