Archive for February 2012
Mount Rushmore …
This is Mount Rushmore from back in the 1950’s. I have worked up several this image and this is the only one that I could put my hands on now. I do not know about the blue tint, at the time I thought that it looked interesting. but when I find the others I will post those to give you a different perspective. Thanks for looking …
Navy Point Stores …
This building has been torn down now. The lady that used to run the camera store here was named Mrs. Gossage and she also ran the photo exhibit at the Pensacola Interstate Fair for many, many years. She and my dad were very good friends and I know that he bought a lot of his cameras from her back in the 1940’s and 1950’s. I am not sure when the business was closed down and I did not know that the building had been torn down until Pam and I drove by several weeks ago. Anyone wishing to share their memories of the Navy Point Store or of the Navy Point area in general, please be my guest and thanks again for looking … Frank
Los Angeles City Hall …
This image of the City Hall in Los Angeles was made back in the 1940’s, on one of my dad’s trips out west to visit his sister who was a nurse in Los Angeles. I still have a few of these negatives from his trips out west that I plan on posting in the future. An interesting side note about this building … if you travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana, you will see a building similar to this structure. Governor Huey Long had been out to LA and was so fascinated with this building that he built an exact replica for the state capital in Baton Rouge. But the more remarkable thing was that he built the Louisiana Capital building in less that two years! I picked up a flyer telling about the history of the building that I will find and post some more info later. Thanks for looking …
Pensacola High School …
I ran across this hand-colored postcard of the old Pensacola High School that was located off Palafox Street recently and thought that it was an interesting image. I do not know who made the image, but since I have a few images that where made in front of the school, I just thought it would be interesting to show a photo of the school. I know that the majorette photo was made on the front steps and I believe a band photo was made there. Thanks for looking …
Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two 
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