“I had this special background built at the Borum Boat Co. so we could take pictures of the new boats. Once again the background would be taken out for the ads.” LS
Loyd Sandgren did photographs for both the Borum Boat Company and Huckins Yacht Corporation during the 50′s and 60′s. Huckins is still around today located on Jacksonville’s Ortega River but Borum is a historic relic. The Borum Boat Company set up shop in the Ford Model A plant on Jacksonville’s waterfront in 1954 and produced 12 different models of wooden boats (all named after cars) during it’s time there. In 1961 the city of Folkston, GA lured the company from Jacksonville but that plant only stayed open a couple of years before closing it’s doors. They came back to Jacksonville and produced fiberglass boats until 1980. There is a wonderful site on the history of Borum for those of you who want more information about the Jacksonville boat builder.
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Great story. But it is spelled Huckins Yacht Company.
thanks
Thanks for the catch. It has been corrected. Bob
What a wonderful discovery! I’m thrilled to see photographs of my grandfather’s work included in Mr. Sandgren’s archive. That Borum logo visible on the trailer is the same one my dad has printed on his business cards TODAY. It’s a classic.
Michael, So happy that you found the site. I appreciate any additional background that you can add to any of the posts.
Thanks, Bob!
My dad tells me the woman in this photo is the late Carolyn Pickett, who became my grandfather’s second wife (in the 1950s, I think). She was a model around town, and he met her through the photo-shoots she did for Borum Boats at the time.
My dad kept a sailboat moored at a rickety marina just upstream from the Huckins Yacht Co. I remember being fascinated by the factory out over the water.