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“These two girls first names were the same “Betty”. They are shown here in Oriental Gardens, a tourist attraction for many years. I used them in many of my pictures.” LS What started out as a botanical collector’s location to plant his expanding accumulation of greenery in the 1920’s became Jacksonville’s prime attraction from the […]
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Located at 2300 Kings Avenue, Howard Biser’s Restaurant advertised itself as being “Famed for Florida Sea Foods” and “Serving the best cup of coffee in Florida.” I can’t vouch for either but according to the sign out front, it was “Recommended by Duncan Hines.” This view is looking North up US 1 from what is […]
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Ok, so it is not the Easter Bunny but it is another wonderful photo of model Ruthie Moore in her Bunny costume posing in Oriental Gardens near Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood. There are a couple of previously posted photos of Moore here and here.
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Another photo of Ruthie Moore posing with the hydrangea wearing one of her outfits in Oriental Gardens. As stated in a previous post she shows up in a number of Loyd Sandgren’s photographs from the early 1950’s when she was in her teens.
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Ruthie Moore was a teen in the 1950’s and was photographed repeatedly by Loyd Sandgren. “Ruthie Moore, a vivacious energetic cute girl that also had a great personality. She is the only girl that I know of here in Jacksonville that made her living as a full time model. She worked at Oriental Gardens (a […]
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