2010

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Jacksonville’s New City Hall in the final stages of construction. According to the sign on the construction fence, “Another Great Stride in Jacksonville’s Progress.” “This is the Jacksonville, Florida City Hall just before it was dedicated.  1960.  Note how clear the sky was in those days.” LS

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One of the many professional wrestling images from the Loyd Sandgren collection.  Loyd shot the local events in the Jacksonville Coliseum regularly in the early 1960’s often working for a local promoter.

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Ruthie Moore was a teen in the 1950’s and was photographed repeatedly by Loyd Sandgren. “Ruthie Moore, a vivacious energetic cute girl that also had a great personality.  She is the only girl that I know of here in Jacksonville that made her living as a full time model.  She worked at Oriental Gardens (a […]

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One of the wonderful things about Loyd and his collection of photographs are the notes he attached to his images. He pecked them out on a typewriter, cut them out and often taped them directly on the prints. These are usually not captions in the traditional sense but often the story behind the story.   The […]

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One of the numerous incarnations of this particular block of downtown Jacksonville over the years.  This was probably for the construction of old Robert Meyer Hotel, the Woolworth and J.C. Penney buildings.  The site currently hosts the Federal Courthouse Complex.

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Anybody know what happened to the Seahorse? Update:  Ask and you shall receive!  My friend Joan Morris in Tallahassee was quick to come up with the information on this photo.  Joan was in charge of the photographic collection at the Florida State Archives in Tallahassee for many years and now retired, still volunteers her time […]

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In the press box at the Gator Bowl, 1954.  Dick Stratton (seated second from right) was the announcer.  Stratton was a broadcaster in Jacksonville for over 40 years starting in the 1950’s and passed away in 2005 at the age of 78.

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A showroom vehicle advertising the line of Volkswagens which could be purchased at Jacksonville’s Brundage Motors.  The import dealer later changed hands after the death of owner Hubert Brundage and became the internationally known Brumos dealership.  Brundage was a regular client of Loyd’s.

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There is no information with this photograph but the history of this now defunct auto marque is fascinating.  Crosley only produced cars from 1939 to 1952.  They got 50 miles per gallon and Crosley was the last company in the United States to cease production of civilian vehicles during W.W. II.

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Caption on back of print: Mess Cooks take eyes out of potatoes at N.A.G.S.  2/20/45 “Here is a group of men on KP duty.  The potatoes shown in the background was just part of the 5 tons used each day at the base.  They seemed to be having a good time, but I think the […]