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A Few More From The Dons File …
These two images are ones that I found in my files from the Dons, but neither one have anything to do with the baseball team. The photo above is the secretary / office manager / business manager … I guess she was the one that kept the wheels on the truck for the Dons. Notice the bare concrete block walls in the office. I do not believe that sheet rock was used in the construction industry until the late 1960’s or even the 1970’s. I know that most houses built in the late 1950’s used a type of plaster over plywood on room walls. If anyone is familiar with the construction industry in the 1950’s and 1960’s could tell us about the plaster walls and tell us when sheet rock started being used. The photo envelopes in the right hand corner was the type of photo mailers used back in the 50’s. I have one or two of these laying around, but I know I have not seen one used in thirty five years or so. The photo below is one that was from the body building contest photos that I forgot to include. I do not know who these guys are, but they look vaguely familiar … I am sure some one out there will recognize one of these guys.
One more thing, if anyone out there has a color photograph showing a player or the team, I would be interested in seeing the photo. All of the photos that I have of the team are all black and whites. I am interested in seeing what color the Dons team logo is on the player’s uniforms. Also, if anyone ever runs across a home movie made at one the Dons games, please let me hear from you. It is funny that there can not be any film shot during a Dons game that is lying around in someone’s file cabinet On the other hand, I do not think that the home movie business started until the 60’s. You had color transparency film back in the 1950’s and a little in the 1940’s, however it was used mostly by the military and the magazine photographers. Color film for the general consumer was not available until the 1960’s and I wanted to say mid-1960’s before it became common place.
Well, that is all I have for this post. Let me hear from hear if you come across any color movie film or color photographs on the Dons. I hope everyone has a safe Fourth of July. It is hard to believe that 2014 is half over and that Christmas is just around the corner. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Pensacola Baseball Players 1958 …
This is a group photo that my father made back in 1958. The old Admiral Mason Ball Park sure had nothing on the new Blue Wahoos stadium … and how about this infield grass? I doubt that this infield had any sub-surface, drainage run-off system. And you know, if Jerry Pate had put this grass down, his days in the turf business would be numbered! Don’t forget these bleachers … my dad did the photography back then for the Dons as a trade-out for one of their so-called ” boxes “. I can remember going to the games and sitting in the box and then running around with all the other kids at the game … something a kid never forgets – a real high point! One thing that this ball park and the new CMP ball park have in common is that they were both built across the street from a sewage plant. How many of you can remember that sewage plant that was down at the end of 9th Avenue? Please share any memories that you have of the old Admiral Mason Ball Park … I, for one, would be interested in hearing them! Thanks for looking …
Update: After looking at this photo for a while, I believe this is a group of different ball team players from the past and not a group shot of the Dons. Notice how the players seem to be wearing several different uniforms fro past Pensacola Ball Clubs … Senators, Dons, etc. Also, these guys look a little too old to be playing everyday. This could have been a player reunion promotion put on by the Dons, since they were always doing something to fill the stands. What do you think?
Aragon Court in the 1950’s …
I thought that I would follow up the ” Grounds Keeper ” up with this photo of Aragon Court taken back in the 1950’s, because if you look closely, in the back left of this image is the Admiral Mason Ball Park where the Pensacola Dons played. It shows what Ninth Avenue looked like south of Gregory Street in the mid-1950’s . And you know that the Aragon Courts were torn down back in the 1970’s and Aragon was built in it’s place back in the 1990’s. This is the only exterior view that I have found of the Admiral Mason Ball Park … I wish I had a close-up view of the entrance, but I do not. Thanks for looking …
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