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I’m impressed that he did not even have to put down his cigarette while he shot. From a series of prints showing a group of congressmen shooting handguns and shotguns at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville range. A hand written note on the back of the print identifies the shooter as Bill Jones and a […]
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Bodybuilder Gene Hill with an unidentified bathing beauty at one of Jacksonville’s beaches in the early 1960’s. Admit it, as corny as it is we’ve all taken one of these shots at some point in our lives.
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Update on this previously posted photo: This is not The Great Malenko as the note with the print led me to believe but after a heads up by Vintage Jacksonville viewer LP Steve who is obviously more knowledgeable about vintage professional wrestling than I am, it looks like it it actually Jose “El Grand” Lothario. […]
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“This picture was taken at the farmers market on West Beaver Street. It was taken for the Bing Company, the sign tells it all. 40’s.” LS This was about the same time that window unit air conditioners first started becoming available to cool homes. I really don’t want to think about life in Florida before […]
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When I first made contact with Joe Dube’ he told me that after Loyd Sandgren passed away someone delivered an envelope of photographic prints to him at his office in the Independent Life building from Loyd. There was only one print of Joe that I have seen in the roughly 15,000 images in the Sandgren […]
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I recently had the privilege of meeting Joe Dube’ Sr. who won a Bronze Medal as a Heavyweight Weightlifter in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Dube’ grew up and trained in Jacksonville setting records as a Junior Weightlifter before setting his sights on the Olympics. I showed him this particular photo that Loyd Sandgren had […]
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I know the guy on the left is professional wrestler Hiro Matsuda but I can’t identify the wrestler he is tangled up with during a match in the old Jacksonville Coliseum. Let me know if you can help identify the other wrestlers in the photograph. I’m sure someone out there has encyclopedic knowledge of professional […]
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“This was a promotional stunt put on by Kay’s Jewelry Store, to find a parakeet that would say, “Kay’s Jewelry Store”. After listening to hundreds of birds, one said it and won a prize. Young Dick Stratton is in white at the mike. 1953” LS Dick Stratton was a sports broadcaster and television personality in Jacksonville […]
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Unidentified body builders from the Loyd Sandgren collection of photographs. Anyone out there recognize any of the contestants?
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Group portrait of of the Senior Sunday School Class at Riverside Park Methodist Church, 1955.
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