February 2014

6 posts

28 Feb 2014

Hogan and Forsyth Street Intersection

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“This picture shows the parking lot after they tore down the old hotel.  Note on right, they were building the Atlantic Bank Building.  Look at all the people on the streets, it isn’t like that today.”  LS Looking Northbound up Hogan Street at the intersection with Forsyth Street around 1950.  The Hotel George Washington stands in […]

25 Feb 2014

Courthouse Protest, 1975

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“Here is a group of unhappy blacks in front of the Duval Court House.  They carried a black mock casket.  I took the picture from my studio window across the street.  1975.”  LS A group of police officers stand in front of the Bay Street doors into the Duval County Courthouse keeping an eye on […]

19 Feb 2014

Claude Nolan Cadillac Showroom Building, 1960’s

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  “Claude Nolan Inc.  The Distributer of Cadillacs (cars) in Florida.  They sold Pontiacs.  This picture was taken on the corner of Main & Orange Streets downtown.  They started in 1905 as a Cadillac dealer and have been one ever since that time.  In 1975, they moved the dealership to 4700 Southside Blvd.”  LS The […]

14 Feb 2014

Young Love

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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?  

11 Feb 2014

Bride and Groom?

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This is one of the more unusual photographs found in Loyd Sandgren’s collection of wedding photos.  I can only speculate that this is the new bride with her groom who is playing dress up for the amusement of the rest of the family.  If that is not it, then this was not the classic Ozzie and […]

06 Feb 2014

Muntz TV Sales, 1950’s

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 “This is the Richardson Building on 35 Hogan Street.  The building was the Muntz TV sales and warehouse in the 1950’s.”  LS Earl William Muntz was a businessman and engineer who made his money selling cars and home electronics.  Muntz simplified televisions by removing as many components as possible from existing models until they no […]

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