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This is another behind the scenes image from the film shoot shown in San Marco shown in this previous post. It looks like a different angle on the same setup judging by the sidewalk and driveway toward the back of the car.
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“Here is a photo taken in front of the San Marco Theatre in the San Marco Shopping Center. The manager was standing out in front. About 1947.” LS The movie Son of God’s Country staring singing cowboy Monte Hale released in 1948. I compared the photograph with the exterior as it looks today and where […]
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A costume ball for The Little Theatre in San Marco. According to the note left behind by Loyd Sandgren the photograph was taken around 1949 and the party theme was famous people. Mahatma Gandhi does not look all that thrilled to be there but Pan has his flute and seems ready to party.
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There is no information about what was being filmed but it looks to me like a production shoot, perhaps some type of commercial, late 1940’s or early 1950’s. According to the 1949 Jacksonville City directory the Harry P. Davis Service Station was located at 2045 Hendricks Avenue, just before the San Marco intersection with Atlantic […]
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A promotional photo from a play production at the Little Theatre in San Marco. According to Loyd Sandgren’s notes he shot most of the promotional photos for the Little Theatre during the 1950’s. There are two albums full of these images in the Loyd Sandgren collection, a few have some names hand written on the […]
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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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“This picture was taken looking East at the San Marco Shopping Center, about 1950. You can see the A&P store slightly to the left of center of photo, straight ahead was the bowling alleys, then the telephone building. The road didn’t look too good at the time. S.H. Kress 5&10 cent store can be seen […]
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“This Picture was taken from the Prudential Insurance Building showing the big parking lot and the need for a parking garage. This picture was taken in the 50’s. Note top center on San Marco, The Royal Crown Bottling plant. The Fuller Warren Bridge Ramp looks brand new. Some difference today.” LS This image appears […]
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“The interesting thing about this picture is the man that owned it had to move away and he said to me, “it’s a great house and you should have it.” I liked it, as it had 4 bedrooms and looked like a house from the North. My wife didn’t like it that much and the […]
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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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