24 Oct 2013
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“This picture was taken from the Southside of the St Johns River. You can see the old Lobster House and boat sales office. About 1958.” LS The boat wrapped up next to the Midtown Marina tent advertises ‘1958 First Showing Borum Boats’ and a number of the watercraft with their distinctive tail fins can be […]
30 Jul 2013
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“I think this store was the Lane-Rexall Drug Store on Main & Forsyth Streets. This was a good place to eat and they did a thriving business in the 50’s and 60’s. “ LS I believe Loyd was correct. This image was probably shot in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s when Loyd Sandgren was […]
20 Mar 2013
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“Governor Fuller Warren at the Lobster House with the owners of the restaurant, Mr and Mrs Glickstein, talking about how there was not going to be a sales tax in Florida. Shortly after that he went to California to get married and the sales tax was passed without him.” LS Fuller Warren served as […]
05 Jul 2011
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“The picture was taken for the Borum Boat Co. at The Lobster House. Notice the fins on the Boat. It was 1959. This as you can see was taken at night.” LS The Lobster House restaurant came into being in 1944 on the Southbank of the St. Johns River in a building that used to […]