16 Sep 2011

Volleyball 1940’s

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Sailors use their down time to play volleyball at Naval Station Mayport during the 1940’s.  Loyd Sandgren was stationed there as the base photographer from 1942 to 1945.

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13 Sep 2011

Riverfront Parking

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Newly cleared of docks and warehouses jutting into the river from Jacksonville’s Northbank along the St. Johns River the 1950’s waterfront now featured a seawall, fill and a fresh asphalt to create a parking lot just South of the Main Street Bridge.  The Jacksonville Landing now occupies part of this property.

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09 Sep 2011

Ponte Vedra Inn And Club, 1947

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“Here is an aerial photo of The Ponte Vedra Club on the beach, about ten miles South of Jacksonville Beach, FL.  The club and beaches were owned by Stockton, Whatley and Davin.  This picture was taken about 1947.  A beautiful place and great food.” LS

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06 Sep 2011

Office Park

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“This is the Tourist and Convention office in 1948.  It was built in Hemming Park downtown.  Note all the great palm trees, it was great.” LS

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02 Sep 2011

Don’t Miss The Women Wrestlers

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“If you knew Jimmy Murdock you would know his old car that he would advertise all the events that he would promote in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.” LS

Miss Ella Phillips vs Miss Mars Bennett at the Arena at Main and Beaver Streets.  Best 2 out of 3 falls, 1 hour time limit.  Children 25 cents, Ladies and Men 75 cents, Ringside $1.25.

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30 Aug 2011

Florida Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company, 1946

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Two young ladies with flowers in their hair and a whole lot of fishing lures. There are several photos in the Loyd Sandgren Collection shot at the Florida Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company (Barracuda Brand) in St. Petersburg, FL which would have been shot in 1946 when he was working for the state out of Tallahassee, FL.  The original company was in business from the 1920’s through the 1970’s and was the largest manufacturers of fishing tackle in Florida in the 1950’s. Today there is a company that creates vintage replicas of the Barracuda originals for sale to collectors.

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26 Aug 2011

Gillette Razor Advertising

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Nothing very subtle about this 1950’s vintage point of sale advertising.

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23 Aug 2011

Porsche Dealership

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Anyone want to take a guess as to the current cumulative value of the cars in this photo?  This lineup of late 50’s-early 60’s Porsche offerings was photographed at the Brumos dealership located at 1444 North Main Street in the early 1960’s.  In the building’s window the Volkswagen logo is identified with Brundage Motors Inc. and the Porsche logo as Brumos Porsche Car Corporation. The cars (left to right) are a 1958 356 Cabriolet and a 1961 356.  The third car from the left is identified as a 1961 RSK.  It looks a lot like the car the dealership was racing at the time, minus the stickers. My sources think the next car is a 550 (think James Dean) and the last two are 1960 356’s.  A big thanks to members of the Brumos racing team for their help nailing down the details of the dealership and the car models in the photo.  Below is the group shot of the owners and employees taken during the same photo shoot.

I was puzzled by the street address in the window of the dealership which is #30 and did not match the address I was given for the Main Street location.  I drove around the property and discovered the answer.  The facade of the business in the photo is located at 30 West 5th. Street and is still there 50 years later with the original gold leaf number 30 still in the window.

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19 Aug 2011

Lacing Up

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Studio portrait of an unidentified female professional wrestler.  One of the only wrestler photos I’ve seen in the Loyd Sandgren collection that was not shot at an event.

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16 Aug 2011

Work In Progress

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Foundation work underway for the Atlantic Bank Building at the corner of Forsyth and Hogan Streets in downtown Jacksonville, 1951.  This earlier post shows the finished project.

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