22 Nov 2010
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According to Loyd’s notes this was shot on Sanders Field at Mayport Naval Station in 1943 during the time he was stationed there as a Navy photographer. The fielding team has Gibbs on their jersey. I can’t read the base runners.
04 Nov 2010
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This looks like the early 1960’s judging from the swim suits and the hair. Among the competitors for the title of Miss Duval County were Miss Beach News, Miss Putt Putt Golf, Miss Sun Discount City, Miss Pic N’ Save and Miss Sea Side Drive-in.
01 Nov 2010
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Getting out the vote! A promotion by Brundage Motors with the League of Women Voters getting the keys to a Volkswagen van.
28 Oct 2010
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“Here is a scratching head Gene Klendinning. He had just taken apart the engine of his 1928 Rolls-Royce. He not only put it back, but it was better than new. 1957” LS
14 Oct 2010
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The more I look at this photograph the more I am intrigued by it. Is it a 50’s vintage team building exercise? First aid drill? Prank? I’m sure there is a good story to go with it unfortunately Loyd did not leave any clues.
14 Oct 2010
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One of the many professional wrestling images from the Loyd Sandgren collection. Loyd shot the local events in the Jacksonville Coliseum regularly in the early 1960’s often working for a local promoter.
14 Oct 2010
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One of the wonderful things about Loyd and his collection of photographs are the notes he attached to his images. He pecked them out on a typewriter, cut them out and often taped them directly on the prints. These are usually not captions in the traditional sense but often the story behind the story. The […]
13 Oct 2010
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Caption on back of print: Mess Cooks take eyes out of potatoes at N.A.G.S. 2/20/45 “Here is a group of men on KP duty. The potatoes shown in the background was just part of the 5 tons used each day at the base. They seemed to be having a good time, but I think the […]
13 Oct 2010
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Photographer Virgil Deane with an 8X10 Deardorff View Camera on Jacksonville Beach during a commercial shoot. He was a contemporary of Loyd’s and appears in a number of his images. Deane died in 1999 at age 84 and may be best known for his portrait of Mama and Pappa Gustafson which was used for the […]
13 Oct 2010
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Bob Feller giving pitching pointers at Wolfson Park. Love the Cub Scout! “Bob Feller, a great ex-pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. He was helping some of the kids at the Wolfson baseball park.” LS