October 2013

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31 Oct 2013

Southern Belles In Oriental Gardens

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“These two girls first names were the same “Betty”.  They are shown here in Oriental Gardens, a tourist attraction for many years.  I used them in many of my pictures.”  LS What started out as a botanical collector’s location to plant his expanding accumulation of greenery in the 1920’s became Jacksonville’s prime attraction from the […]

29 Oct 2013

Jacksonville Imeson Airport Terminal, 1949

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“Here is what the Imeson Airport Administration Building looked like in 1949.  Now this place is where Sears and many other industrial places are.  Note Air Control Tower at the tip of the palm tree.  The good old days?”  LS Jacksonville Municipal Airport kicked off its dedication ceremony with a visit from Charles Lindbergh and […]

24 Oct 2013

Boat Show By The Lobster House

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“This picture was taken from the Southside of the St Johns River.  You can see the old Lobster House and boat sales office.  About 1958.”  LS The boat wrapped up next to the Midtown Marina tent advertises ‘1958 First Showing Borum Boats’ and a number of the watercraft with their distinctive tail fins can be […]

15 Oct 2013

Main Street Car Dealerships, 1958

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“Here is the corners of Main and Orange streets.  It shows Claude Nolan, Inc. Cadillac dealers. The Henry McClellan’s English Ford.  The section on the right is now a motel.  Claude Nolan also moved out.”  LS The Claude Nolan Pontiac/Cadillac dealership building is still standing but has been empty and boarded up for many years. […]

09 Oct 2013

Retro Belly Dancing

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An unidentified belly dancer in an unknown club.  One of two photographs taken in the same establishment from an album of Loyd Sandgren’s titled simply “Girls.”  Shot in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s.  Very hip looking integrated crowd.  The psychedelic posters on the walls add so much to the decor.

03 Oct 2013

Downtown Aerial, 1953

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A 1953 aerial view looking North at the Jacksonville waterfront, downtown and Springfield neighborhood. The former Blodgett Homes housing project can be seen in the upper left of the photograph.  It was built in 1942 as housing for people returning from military service and was said to be the largest housing project in Jacksonville.  Plenty […]

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About Photographer Loyd Sandgren

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