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On the factory floor of Borum Boats. The Jacksonville boat builder made wonderful wooden recreational boats starting in 1954 and Loyd Sandgren did much of their photography work, on land and in the water. According to the information that I have found they started manufacturing their boats in the old Ford Model A factory building […]
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“At one time the Brundage Co. brought thousands of VW cars here, in fact it was the distribution center for the Southeast. This shows how the vehicle was taken off the German ship.” LS Brundage Motors was an early importer of German made vehicles to Jacksonville starting with Volkswagen and Porsche vehicles in the late […]
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An early 1950’s view of the Mathews Bridge shot from Arlington looking North West toward Jacksonville’s Talleyrand area. The 7736 feet long by 58 feet wide steel bridge first opened to traffic April 15, 1953 and is celebrating it’s 60th. anniversary connecting downtown Jacksonville to the Arlington neighborhood and opening the door to the commercial […]
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A Volkswagen Beetle is offloaded to the pier along the Talleyrand docks, most likely headed to Brundage Motors’ dealership in Jacksonville, FL. Brundage was the first importer of the German made autos to Jacksonville in the 1950’s.
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