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24 Feb 2012

Naval Air Gunners School

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A display of the aircraft turrets used by Navy aircraft gunners on parade at the Naval Air Gunners School at Yellow Water on Jacksonville’s Westside where the gunners were trained in their use.  Shot while Loyd Sandgren was a Navy photographer stationed at NAS Mayport in the 1940’s.  Here is an earlier post from the […]

17 Feb 2012

Car Show

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Unidentified model atop a 1950’s vintage Pontiac at what looks like a car show.  I can’t figure out the location but I’m sure someone out there will recognize the distinctive tile work on the stairway.  Let me know if you figure it out. (Update)  Thank you to the Vintage Jacksonville fans who were quick to […]

14 Feb 2012

Ernest Hinds With Skyline

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Built in 1918 this ship was designed as a passenger liner but was taken by the Navy for use during WW I for troop transport and named the USS Santa Teresa.  After the war it was returned to it’s owners and operated commercially for the next 20 years as the SS Santa Teresa and then […]

06 Feb 2012

Film-A-Record

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Remington Rand’s San Marco Blvd. window display in the early 1950’s advertising it’s new data storage technology Film-A-Record.  This technology made film based copies of printed documents to reduce record storage space (think microfilm at the library).  The poster at the right of the image shows 160 four drawer file cabinets full of documents that […]

02 Feb 2012

Eddie Graham with Haystacks Calhoon

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“Eddie Graham, weight 240lbs. and his wrestling partner Haystacks Calhoun, weight about 603 lbs. One night we went out to Beach Road Chicken Dinners and Haystacks ate 20 chickens.  In fact TV 4 came out and took some pictures of him with all the chicken bones about 15 inches high.  We went out to a […]

20 Jan 2012

Bats and Balls

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I can only guess that this is a civic organization giving sporting equipment to a youth group.  Anyone recognize any of the folks in the photo?

17 Jan 2012

Cohen Brothers, 1950’s

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A late 1950’s view of the St. James Building as the Cohen Brothers department store.  This Henry Klutho masterwork was completed Oct. 21, 1912 (making it 100 years old this year) and originally housed retail space on the lower floors and office space on the upper floors. It was the largest building in Jacksonville occupying […]

09 Jan 2012

As Seen In Vogue, 1960

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Window display in the Levy’s store in downtown Jacksonville displaying women’s fashions along with a 1960’s Vogue photo spread that featured the new line of 1960’s Ford automobile offerings alongside the clothing featured in the display.  Some early cross marketing? “This was one of the many pictures that was taken for the different stores downtown.  […]

05 Jan 2012

Happy New Year!

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I would like to wish all Vintage Jacksonville fans a wonderful new year ahead as we look back on the changes we have seen in Jacksonville and our own lives over the years.  The time I spend with the photographs of Loyd Sandgren reminds me that change is a constant process. From clothing styles to […]

30 Dec 2011

In The Stands At The Gator Bowl, 1952

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A view of the end zone at the 7th. Annual Gator Bowl game held in 1952 between the University of Miami and Clemson.  With 34,577 fans in attendance Miami shut out Clemson 14 to 0.

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About Photographer Loyd Sandgren

I first met Loyd Sandgren in 1997 as I was putting photo gear back into my car after... Learn More