Archive for the ‘Downtown Pensacola Florida’ Category
Pensacola … “The City of Your Dreams” …
This photo is one someone had me copy and I saved myself a copy. I can only guess that the men are the city manager and city council. I can only guess that the time is the 1920’s and I can not be any more specific than that. I think that motto ” The City of Your Dreams ” is better than what we have now ” The Up Side of Florida “, or something to that effect. I wonder if these guys paid a hundred grand for their motto … they probably just gave someone a couple of snow cones and put their name in the paper. Times have certainly changed!! Let us hear from you and thanks for looking … Frank
Fiesta Parade 1956 …
These are from the Fiesta Parade of 1956. I do not have any comments about any of these … they are pretty much self – explanatory. The first photo below is of the car carrying the Governor of Florida at the time – LeRoy Collins. There is a photo of him in an earlier post and it might have been taken before the parade started …
I think that there are 16 photos in this post and I believe that I broke it up on the other blog that I had, but since I did not have any comments or information about any of these images … I just decided to post them all. If anyone recognizes any of these groups or people, please let us hear from you. Thanks for looking … Frank
Sun Motor Tester at Son Motors …
This is another image that I ran through the Lucis Art Filter and it really makes it stand out. A straight b&w photo is interesting, but does not have the contrast and detail that this print has now. I do not have much to add … Thanks for looking … Frank
PHS Graduating Class of 1934 …
This is a photo of the old Pensacola High School that was located at the top of Palafox Street, one block up from where the First Baptist Church is located. In fact, part of First Baptist’s parking lot is this location. My father had made a 16×20 photograph of the school and got everyone to sign it at one of their reunions. When my father graduated in 1934, PHS did not have a yearbook that year … all that they had was a sheet of paper with all of the graduate’s names and their activities they were involved in. I do not know if this was because of the Depression or what the reason was. The photo is fairly sharp and if you click on the photo, it will open up in another window larger and you can see the name a little clearer. Thanks for looking … FRank
The “New” Medical Center Clinic on Palafox Street …
This a photograph of the first Medical Center Clinic that is located over on Palafox Street. It has been abandoned for years and has really fallen into a state of disrepair. The original scan is posted below …
As you can tell, I removed the people from the side of the building and the telephone poll out front. I probably would also have removed the street sign next to the telephone, but I wasted to much time on the telephone pole. For future reference … there is not a magic wand in Photoshop that magically removes people and objects without leaving any traces. It takes a lot of selecting, cutting, pasting, masking and blending to get these photos to look like the top photo. Most people do not realize hoe much work is entailed to get all of this to blend seamlessly and to look believable. I have shown one image of the Hotel San Carlos that I have a before and after view … at some point I might put together all of the steps involved in creating these images. Thanks for looking and let me hear what you think … Frank
Christmas Partiers ….
I do not know who these girls are, but as dressed-up as they are, they might be ready for their dates to pick them up for the Noel Dance that was held in Pensacola for forty or so years. A girl’s sorority used to sponsor the dance and it was held in downtown Pensacola at the old Municipal Auditorium which was located at the foot of Palafox Street. The Auditorium was torn down ten years or so back and nothing has been rebuilt to replace the facility, which to me was a big mistake … but what do I know. Thanks for looking and please let me hear from anyone that can remember going to the Noel Dance … I know that you are out there! Happy Holidays … Frank
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
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
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
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