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“Here is a picture of me standing in front of my 1957 Plymouth in a foggy night, with the headlights and streetlights on. This was on Laura and Waterfront, now where the landing is today.” LS During a recent session of scanning images from Loyd Sandgren’s collection I came across this print that I didn’t […]
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“This was one of the new and big shopping malls in Jacksonville during the early 50’s. As you can see the A&P store was the major store. The Place is still there but it doesn’t look like that today. This is on Pearl and 42nd. Streets.” LS The Pearl Plaza is still standing on the 5200 […]
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“Here is a picture of the Florida National Bank when they were on the corner of Forsyth and Laura. 50’s. It was advertising the Art Week here in Jacksonville, FL.” LS Upon closer inspection the signage in the widow gives us a little more information about the reason for the display. The banner of one […]
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“A scene taken from the Main Street Bridge when it was up. The tall building on the left side is the Lynch Building. The building on the right with the water tower is the Florida Theatre. About the middle of the picture was the City Hall. The street on the left is Main Street. 1951.” […]
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“This building was on Main Street between Orange and First Streets. It was owned by the city of Jacksonville and the radio station WJAX was here and so was the water works. 1954.” LS The City of Jacksonville started radio station WJAX and it’s first broadcast was on Thanksgiving, 1925. According to one source, the […]
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“The Swisher Gym, donated by Mr. Swisher of the cigar company. One of the first big buildings built at Jacksonville University 1957.” LS According to the Jacksonville University timeline, JU started as William J. Porter University in 1934, meeting in the 3rd. floor auditorium of the First Baptist Educational building. In 1935 the school changed […]
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The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which was located just behind where the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall stands today, was across the parking lot of what was then known as the Gator Bowl, the City of Jacksonville’s football stadium. It was designed in the late 1950’s and dedicated in November of 1960. Built at a cost […]
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This image from the Loyd Sandgren collection has no information attached to the print and I can find no signage or address to help identify this 1950’s vintage Mid-Century modern motel but if this looks familiar to anyone, please share your knowledge. Despite the lack of information, the photo is too nice not to share. […]
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“This picture shows a parking lot where the Ball Building is today. Streets are Julia, Monroe, Hogan and Adams Streets. About 1956.” LS Seems like every transitional space in downtown Jacksonville was a parking lot at one time or another. This image was taken from the corner of Julia Street and West Adams Street looking […]
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“Here was a great display and very tasty. This was a 50 pound bunny rabbit, given to the children at the hospital. It was very hot that day so we got all the people in place, and then rushed the candy in the sun. The few minutes it took to take the picture, it was […]
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