02 Jul 2012
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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 […]
29 Jun 2012
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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 […]
05 Jun 2012
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Loyd Sandgren did not leave any information on this image of the cash register girl at and unknown business so you are on your own on this one. She has a great smile and a great dress but what is with the guy wearing the headphones behind her?
21 May 2012
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PM Deluxe Blended Whiskey sports themed store display from the early 1950’s. I could not find a lot of information about the brand except the name is one of the stable of products owned by Beam Global Spirits and Wine, Inc. the company that started life as Jim Beam. There are a lot of examples […]
12 Apr 2012
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Jax Meat “The World’s Most Amazing Food Markets and the World’s Lowest Prices”. How can you beat that? The business was located at the intersection of First and Broad Streets in Jacksonville’s Springfield neighborhood. When I enlarged the section of the photo with the pitiful looking burro behind the covered wagon I discovered the little […]
27 Mar 2012
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Great haircut, snazzy striped swim trunks and massive water skis! Beyond the obvious Loyd Sandgren did not leave me much to work with for background information on his photograph so I contacted Carole Lowe, the director of the American Water Ski Educational Foundation at the Water Ski Hall of Fame and Museum in Polk City, […]
21 Feb 2012
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A full length view of a previously featured strip tease artist in all of her feathered and sequined glory photographed in one of Loyd Sandgren’s downtown Jacksonville studios. I think the cigarette in the cigarette holder adds a real touch of class!
30 Jan 2012
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“Picture taken at Lovegrove (now called University Blvd.) and Philips highway. I was called by the insurance company to take pictures of the wreck. This picture was taken moments before the man died. About 1947.” LS
23 Jan 2012
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The window display at the Lane-Rexall for country music artist Eddy Arnold’s upcoming shows at Jacksonville’s Palace Theatre. born in 1918 the Nashville sound singer had 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts and sold over 85 million records. He started his performing career in the 1930’s and gave his final concert in 1999, […]
13 Jan 2012
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Bob Feller, pitcher with Cleveland Indians pitching his book “How To Pitch” from the field of the old Wolfson Park baseball field. The first addition of his this book came out in 1948. Wolfson Park was built in 1955 and served as the city of Jacksonville’s minor league field until it was demolished in 2002, […]