Archive for the ‘1960’s’ Category
Annie Get Your Gun …
Back in the 1960’s, the Pensacola High School Chorus used to stage musicals and they were really a production! They were as good as what you saw on Broadway … at least I thought so and all of the thousands of people that would attend the two or three shows that they would put on. These photos are from the production of ” Annie Get Your Gun “. I do not know the year or who the leads were. Here are several more photos from this production …
Notice how much detail went into creating all of the sets that were used in the play. Since this was back in the 1960’s, I am sure that the shop classes would have had to construct all of the sets. I am sure that they did not have the luxury of picking up a phone and renting what they needed to produce all of the sets and props that were needed to create the play. Here are a few more showing the costumes and make-up being applied …
Everyone looks as if they are having a good time and the girls are very pretty. As usual, I do not know who any of the people are … I will go through the old Annona yearbooks that I have laying around and see if I can find some information for everyone. I know that I should have done that before I posted the photos, but I did not. I have more negatives from some of the other plays that they put on, however they are not in the best shape and it is going to take me some time to get them ready to post. I hope you enjoy this bit of nostalgia … thanks for looking and as usual all comments are appreciated … Frank
WSRE’s ” History of Baseball in Pensacola ” …
This is an ad that I clipped from the WSRE site advertising the airing of the next “Baseball in Pensacola”. I saw the first airing on November 8 and it was Part 1 of the history. Part 2 is interviews with baseball players from Pensacola that went on to play in the majors and I missed that one. So, I am not sure what the Friday November 23 show will be, but it will be a repeat of one of the two episodes or it might be both. You will just have to tune in and see, but if you are a fan of baseball or a history buff of Pensacola, you will enjoy what you see. Some of my father’s photos of the Pensacola Dons was used, as were some of his views of Pensacola from the 40′, 50’s and 60’s are scattered through the first episode. I know that they will show it again and if you missed it now, I am sure that it will be re-broadcast in the future. Plus, I am sure that copies of it will be for sale … just go to WSRE’s site here. Thanks again for WSRE for thinking of me / my father. Please check back later and thanks for looking … Frank
Pensacola High School “Annona” Yearbook Ad …
This is another one that I ran across years ago and set aside. As usual, I am not sure these lovely young ladies are or for what yearbook ad this was photographed for … maybe a bakery, since it looks as if they are eating cake. I thought that it would bring back memories for eating in the old Pensacola High School Cafeteria. I never went to school here, but I can remember going to this cafeteria many of times when I would go over to the school with my father. If anyone recognizes who these girls are, please let us know … Thanks for looking … Frank
Weaver’s Furniture Store …
I think that Weaver’s Furniture Store was located over on “T” Street in Brownsville, but as usual, I am not sure about that. One thing I am sure of … whatever they were selling … people sure wanted. The customers are lined around the building. I do not know if it was TV’s or refrigerators ( must have been a Westinghouse product, judging by the sign on the roof ), but whatever it was, they sure wanted to buy them. Here is one showing the line …
Look at that line … maybe it was their Grand Opening. Whatever it was, it sure drew a crowd. One more …
Doesn’t this look like ” T ” Street to you? I almost would say that this building is still located there off ” T ” Street, somewhere north of the old ” Pleezing Grocery ” building. If anyone remembers Weaver’s Furniture Store or where this building is, please let us hear from you. Thanks again for looking …
Downtown in a Hurricane …
This is looking west at the intersection of Garden Street and Palafox Street. You see the Blount Building on the left side of the photo and the corner of the San Carlos is on the right side. Next to the Blount Building is Marston – Quina Furniture store. The showrooms were on different floors and you would ride the freight elevator to get to each floor. It was a real highlight for a ten year old kid … our cousins the St. Johns owned the business, so when I went with dad ( or mother ) to visit them, I got to ride the elevator up and sown for what seemed like hours … the high-light of my day! I do not know what hurricane this was when my father made this photo, but I have posted one other one looking down Palafox Street during this same storm. Not sure of the year, but I am sure it was the mid 1950’s. Thanks for looking …
Spring Portrait …
This is a portrait that my father made back in the 1960’s … the lighting is what stood out to me in this photograph of a pretty, young girl. This photo looks as nice today as it was when it was made fifty years ago. You just can not beat a ” timeless ” portrait like this. It is a shame that you do not see this classic style of portraiture from photographers these days … a lot of what you see today is a photographer telling their subject to just go over and stand by that wall or just grab a hold of that lamp post and swing out … and look like you are having fun! Or, let’s just run around and take some pics … Thanks for looking …
The Harbor View Restaurant …
The Harbor View Restaurant used to be in the old Municipal Auditorium at the foot of Palafox Street that was torn down at the end of the 1990’s to make way for the Plaza DeLuna. This restaurant was before my time … I believe it operated in the 1950’s and 60;s, but I am not exactly sure of the dates. And, I am not really sure who owned or operated the business. One thing that I can tell you just judging from this photo, the place must have been first class! I have found several other photos of the interior that my father made, however I could not put my hans on them now. When I do run across them again, I will set them aside and post them. If anyone has any comments about the place, please share them with us … Thanks for looking
Pensacola Senators …
Not sure of the year that this was taken. In the third row, on the far left, you see our buddy ” Potash ” again. You remember him from my post earlier titled ” The Grounds-Keeper “. The Senators were after the Dons, so this had to have been made around 1960, but that is just a guess. If anyone remembers anything about the Senators, please let us hear from you. Thanks for looking
Votech in Pensacola …
I have never posted these images before … mainly because I did not know anything about the images. My first inclination was to bring up the Ice-Cube movies that I thought were funny, but then I decided against it and just let the images speak for themselves. Below is the other one …
I wish I knew where these were made … school, class, students, etc, but as usual I have no idea about either of the images. If anyone has any information, please share it with us. Thanks for looking …
Frank Horn and The Bourbon Street Six …
Here is Frank Horn and The Bourbon Street Six taken at a party back in the 1960’s. I am not positive of the location, but I believe it is the Pensacola Country Club. If anyone knows the band members, please let us know who they are. Thanks for looking …
Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two 
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