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“This was the 100 block of West Bay St. On the left was the Mal Haughton & Co. Then the Mock Furniture Co. Then Brown’s Camera Store, it started in 1916, then one of the offices of Stockton, Whatley & Davin Co. The 50’s.” LS Loyd Sandgren started working as a photographer for Brown’s Camera […]
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“The interesting thing about this picture is the man that owned it had to move away and he said to me, “it’s a great house and you should have it.” I liked it, as it had 4 bedrooms and looked like a house from the North. My wife didn’t like it that much and the […]
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An early 1950’s view of the Mathews Bridge shot from Arlington looking North West toward Jacksonville’s Talleyrand area. The 7736 feet long by 58 feet wide steel bridge first opened to traffic April 15, 1953 and is celebrating it’s 60th. anniversary connecting downtown Jacksonville to the Arlington neighborhood and opening the door to the commercial […]
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“A close up of downtown in the late 1940’s. The photo was taken looking South & East.” LS An interesting aerial image of downtown Jacksonville with small typed labels scotch taped to the surface of the print identifying existing roads, locations and buildings built years later that have taken the place of several that are […]
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Another photo from the Loyd Sandgren Collection of the McLanahan Amoco Service station located at Main Street and Beaver Street. A couple recognizable buildings peak up from the downtown skyline. I particularly like the advertising sign on the wall to the left. The billboard has a particular connection to me although it predates me by […]
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“This is an extreme wide angle camera, 110 degrees. Picture taken in front of Brown’s Camera Store, 118 West Bay St. The Seminole Hotel, middle top. About 1958.” LS I don’t know exactly what camera Loyd Sandgren used for this shot. I’ve seen the negatives and it was shot on 120 mm roll film. My […]
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“Another view of the Baptist Hospital with the new Prudential Insurance Company in the background. This was in 1948, lots of changes since then.” LS It is likely that the date of this photograph is in the 1950’s rather than the late 1940’s. Please check out the additional comments. Here is a little earlier version […]
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“The Bisbee-Baldwin real estate Co. on the corner of Forsyth & Pearl St. In the background you can see the George Washington Hotel, on the extreme left is the post office. 1955.” LS This downtown Jacksonville building was built in 1951 and is currently on the market for just shy of a million dollars.
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“Here is one of the displays of equipment at the Yellow Water Gunnery School, this was taken on Hogan St. Downtown. October 15, 1945.” LS The truck and trailer had machine gun turrets like those found on Navy patrol aircraft and were used to train aircraft gunners. According to the sign on the trailer ‘Naval […]
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“This is the Eastman Kodak Store before the government forced them to close, because you can’t manufacture, wholesale and retail. This was on Adams St. Between Laura & Hogan Streets. 1954.” LS The building still stands but it would be easy to miss just driving past it since most of the character has been erased […]
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