Archive for the ‘1950’s’ Category
Jarrard Motors …
This is the last of these old photos that I have posted before, but ones I have run through the Lucis Art Filter. If you run a search you should be able to find the original photo in the first post. I personally like the look this filter gives, however I am not going to take the time to do all of these photos. Only the ones that have detail that this filter enhances. Thanks for looking and as usual, all comments are appreciated … Frank
Pensacola City Hall 1950’s …
I posted this image a while back, but this one I ran through the Lucis Art Filter. I do not know the exact year this was, but I would guess sometime in the 1950’s. The front of the truck on the left side might be a 1940’s model, so I do not really know or care. This building today is the T.T. Wentworth Museum and has a lot of interesting artifacts that Mr. Wentworth collected. He was a good friend of my father and many of the b&w photos in the exhibits were made by my father for Mr. Wentworth. I can remember going out to the old museum that Mr. Wentworth had out on old Palafox Highway on many occasions with my dad when he made photographs. Thanks for looking and if you have any memories from the old Wentworth Museum on old Palafox please let us hear them … Frank
Machine at Mill …
I do not know what type of mill, the negative envelope did not mention where this was taken. It could really be anywhere or any type of mill. The negative is extremely sharp and you can read all the numbers on the gauge and the lettering on the various parts of the machine. It is too bad that the internet cannot match the sharpness and let you read the writing, but you can see the texture of the wood and metal in the image. This image was run through the Lucis Art Filter. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Son Motors …
Here is another image that I found in another ” Son Motors ” negative envelope. After cleaning it up in Photoshop, it looked good but nothing too interesting. So I ran it through a Lucis Art Filter to bring out all of the detail under the car, the brick wall, the attendant’s uniform and the equipment along the back wall. I think that it gives images like this a different look and feel and makes the image more interesting to look at. As usual, I have no clue who the man is. I have several more images that I have put this effect on that I am going to post in the near future, so please check back. Thanks for looking … Frank
Mount Rushmore II …
Here is one more of Mount Rushmore that I thought that I would post. It was made back in the early 1950’s when my father made the other that I posted some time ago. This one I left almost full frame and did not bother cropping out the people on the bottom left … I thought that they added some sense of scale to the photo. I also ran the file through the Lucis Art Filter to bring out the detail in the rock and the stone. The blueish color was added by me. No, I was not trying to make this resemble a cyanotype … I just like blue “cool” mono-colored images. I also did not bother taking out the lens flare in the top left corner. Thanks for looking and as usual, all comments are appreciated … And thanks for checking back … Frank
Pensacola Bay …
One more of my favorite photographs that I ran through the Lucis Art Filter. Note how intensified the sky becomes … I hope you enjoy. Thanks for looking … Frank
Son Motors Employees …
This is one of several Son Motors employees that I worked up recently. I ran across this filter … Lucis Art Filter … that I purchased years ago and just put it in my photoshop filters. I have always liked the look that you can achieve with it, it really brings out the detail in b&w images and does some strange things to color images. I did several other workers that I am still working on and I will post them when I finish them up. This is also the filter that I used in the above post of the inside of the chapel. Let me know what you think … thanks for looking … Frank
Mad Men or Ad Men ?
I do not have a clue who either of these two guys are. I found the negatives in an envelope for Jarrard Motors, so I guess they were scarred of high car prices back in the 1950’s. I wish I could find the ad that these were used in …
I am at a loss for words, so I guess that I had better let these photos speak for themselves. Here is the last one from this series of photos … I guess that whatever the first guy did turned the situation around and now he is ready to pull out his wallet and spend his hard earned money …
Another satisfied customer … I do not know about you, but after looking at these photos, I just want to go out and buy something, anything to get this economy moving again. Who knows, you might see these photos in the presidential campaign for one of the candidates … either one, does not bother me, just as long as their check does not bounce! The only color I recognize is green. So Obama or Romney, does not bother me a bit … highest bidder gets to use these sure-fire vote getting photos in their campaign. I can be reached at 850-449-1279 … please no local politicos … these are too valuable for local politics. Thanks for looking … Frank
Palafox Street Through the Years …1940’s to the 1980’s …
Here are several photos that I have of Palafox Street through the years. The first one is from sometime in the 1940’s I believe. It is a photograph that I scanned that I have had laying around for years. It has no real significance other that it is of the intersection of Palafox and Garden Streets …
If anyone has a date on this photo, please let me hear from you. The next one is from the 1950’s … it looks as if the Florida Theater was showing ” Gone With The Wind ” and people were lined-up waiting to get into the matinee.
Can anyone remember the ” Tiny Waffle ” Shop … that’s a new one on me. I know that I spent many a Saturday at the Florida Theater back in the 1960’s . Now we are going to jump forward to the 1980’s …
This is looking south down Palafox Street … the line of people waiting to get into the Florida Theater would have been standing on the left side of the frame. One more thing, I had posted a photo of James Cagney riding in the back of a car in a parade a while back … that photograph was made at this intersection here, Palafox and Gregory Street, and Hannah’s Pharmacy was in the background ( I do not know if you can recognize it in that photo, but that is it ) . I am not sure of the exact year that this was made, but I would guess that it would have been in the mid-1980’s. And finally, a photo right before the San Carlos Hotel was demolished …
And finally, we are back at the corner of Palafox and Garden Street … sometime 1985 or 86 or 87. I do not which one, but all I can say is what a big change! I hope everyone liked that look through the ages … I did not know if any of them were worth putting in a post by themselves, but run together they were sort of interesting. Thanks for looking and let me hear what you think of these … Frank
Johnson’s Barber Shop …
Someone had made a comment earlier about Johnson’s Barber Shop, that was one of the shops at the corner of 12th Avenue and Gonzalez Street and I dug this one out. This is me getting a hair cut by either Mr. Johnson or Mr. Helms … I do not know which one. This is not my first hair-cut because I was really crying in that photo. I have it somewhere around here and I will post it when I find it … everyone will get a good laugh, because I am really crying!! You would think I am really in pain or was being beaten. Notice the board that they have me sitting on…how many of you there ever sat on this board and had your hair cut? I bet quite a few of you readers out there. Also, look at the reflections in the mirror … they must have been very busy on this day. Thanks for looking … Frank
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