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Bobbing for apples photographed by beaches photographer Virgil Deane. This wonderful image was one of several hundred loose and un-captioned prints that were given to me after they were saved from the curb awaiting garbage pickup. I wish there were more details that could be shared. Perhaps some of the partiers are still around and […]
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According to beaches historian Don Mabry and confirmed by numerous friends of Vintage Jacksonville at the beaches, the gentleman in the center of this photograph taken by beaches photographer Virgil Deane is I.D. Sams, the Mayor of Jacksonville Beach, Florida in 1952 and then from 1959-1961. Despite a great deal of speculation on the identities […]
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Internationally known photographer Philippe Halsman speaking at the 19th. annual convention of the Florida Professional Photographers organization photographed by Jacksonville Beach photographer Virgil Deane. Halsman held the record for the most photographs to appear on the covers of Life Magazine with 101. He collaborated with artist Salvador Dali on projects for over 35 years making iconic […]
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Undated photo shoot at the beach. The photographer looks like Virgil Deane working with a 4×5 Speed Graphic camera and a flash while an assistant holds a second flash to help fill in the harsh midday sun shadows on his subjects.
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This is another of photographer Virgil Deane’s images showing a classroom at one of the schools at Jacksonville’s beaches in what appears to be a warmer than usual day judging by the open jalousie windows and the relaxed dress code. None of the photographs I have of Virgil Deane’s work have any caption information so if you […]
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One of the more playful images from the box of Virgil Deane’s photographs that I received. Seemed appropriate for a Valentine’s Day post. Anyone at Jacksonville’s beaches know the identity of these young and somewhat reluctant models?
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Bathing Beauty and Photographer on the beach by Virgil Deane. The print is showing a little age but the image is wonderful! Vintage Jacksonville recently received a packing box with hundreds of prints of photographs by Beaches photographer Virgil Deane from a Jacksonville resident who saved them from a trip to the dump when they […]
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It seems like in the 1950’s and early 1960’s there was a beauty pageant for everything. There was no information with this particular photo but I was able to glean a little from some other photos that look like they came from the same shoot. This appears to be from a pageant sponsored by the […]
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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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