Archive for the ‘Pensacola Business’ Category
Morrison’s Cafeteria …
How many of you can remember Morrison’s Cafeteria down on Romana and Jefferson Streets? I can, but I cannot remember it ever looking like this. They must have remodeled it in the 1960’s, because I do not remember it ever looking like this. On the left side of this photo, you can see the old Pensacola Buggy Works Automobile Dealership in the background that was owned by the Turner family. It is now a parking lot for Seville Quarter. Below is another view of the exterior of Morrison’s …
I had posted these two photos above on my old blog, the two below are new. I have found several others, but they need some work and I will get to them later. First, here is one of the dining room …
I never remember the dining room looking like this. I am not sure of the year, but I would imagine that it was sometime in the 1950’s. Next is one of the kitchen …
It looks as if one of the ladies in the back on the right side is sitting down shelling peas or peeling potatoes. This was before the day of everything being processed and frozen, so everything had to fresh from the farm. All comments are welcomed, so feel free to share them with us and thanks for looking …
Irene’s Beauty Shop …
Here are several panorama photographs that my father made with the Wide-Lux camera that he had. I know nothing about this business, Irene’s Beauty Shop, so anything that anyone can share with us is appreciated. These were made back in the 1950’s sometime. Here is another view …
This obviously is the front of the store and the other photo showed the back where all of the “stylists” worked. Back in the 1950’s I believed that they were called ” beauticians” then and you very rarely hear that word mentioned today … at least I have not heard anyone say it in the last 20 years or so, maybe more. If anyone remembers ” Irene’s Beauty Shop – Store “, please share it with us. Thanks for looking …
Flowers by David …
This building is still located out on Barrancas Blvd across from the Pensacola Country Club Golf Coarse. It has been many businesses since it was David’s House of Flowers and I believ that it is empty now. I always thought that the building was interesting and I have never been in it. This type of commercial photography was popular back in the 1950’s. The buildings you see photographed today mostly have blue sky and white puffy clouds or they are photographed at dusk. Since my father photographed many weddings back in this time, I sure that is how he knew this “David” . He was before my time and I do not remember my father ever mentioning him, but if anyone does, please feel free to make a comment. Thanks for looking!
Mutual Federal ….
This is the Mutual Federal building and I believe it was located on Baylen Street, south of Garden Street. I do not know how long they were in this building before there moved to the northeast corner of Garden and Baylen Streets. But I am not sure of the exact location where this photo was made and I would be happy for anyone to share it with me. Thanks for looking …
Frye’s Drive-In …
This is one from the old blog that I posted several years ago. I had never heard of the place before … this must have been made in the early 1950’s. Someone had emailed me and said that they believed that this place was located out on Navy Blvd, just before you go over the bridge that takes you onto the Navy Base. If anyone has any more information on Frye’s Drive-In, please share it with us. Thanks for looking …
A Before and After …
I thought that I would show a before and after photo, so you can see what I start out with and then what I do in Photoshop. My father made this image from a window across the street from what I call the old Masonic Lodge. It was located above what at the time was White and White Men’s Store, which later became Douglas Allen, which is now Vinyl Music Hall. In the photo below, I removed the telephone lines from above and I cropped the image to focus on the San Carlos Hotel. This photo was made around 1955 … note the covered bus stop in the lower right of the photograph.
And here is one that I cleaned up that shows more of the surrounding area … note that the two-story building in the back left of the image is the old Pensacola Catholic High School on the corner of Garden and Baylen Streets.
On the bottom view, you can see up Palafox up to the Southern Bell Tower, which is about four blocks up. When I first found this negative, I was only interested in the San Carlos Hotel. But after I got to looking at the whole image, I saw how much of downtown Pensacola is included in the image, I thought I would just re-do the image and show the whole frame. If anyone has any stories about the San Carlos or downtown Pensacola during this era, you are welcome to comment. Thanks for looking …
The ” Milk Bottle ” …
I can remember my dad taking us the Milk Bottle many a nights for ice creme when I was young. It was located where the parking lot across the Pensacola Civic Center is now located. I think that would be the corner of Davis and Gregory Streets. I do not remember ever going inside and eating … I can only remember driving up in the car and I believe someone came out and took your order. And I do not think that they were on roller skates! Let us hear your memories from the Milk Bottle … thanks for looking.
Paper Machine From the 1950’s …
This was made back in the 1950’s, or it could have the 1940’s, but I am going to say the 50’s. It is a newspaper printing machine, I believe. This could have been made down at the Pensacola News Journal printing plant in downtown Pensacola. I am sorry that I do not have any “real” information on this photo, but if anyone can enlighten us, be our guest. Thanks for looking …
Baylen Street …
This is Baylen Street 1955 / 6 or later. You are looking toward Government Street. My father was standing were the Judicial Center would be located today. You see a Markham System business in front of you, which is no longer there. The attorney’s building on the right side is still there, it used to be Mr. Richard Merritt’s law office and now houses several lawyers. Where the Markham business used to be is now a parking lot. My father was taking this photo for Richard Merritt showing the exterior of his office building on the right side of the frame. I have some photos of the interior of the law office that I will post later. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
UPDATE … 18 Aug 13 – I mistakenly identified this street as ” Spring Street ” when I posted this image back in June of 2011. It never really dawned on me that this was not Spring Street until the other day … Spring Street in one block over to the west. In the past, Baylen Street traffic was one way heading North and Spring Street was one way headed South. These streets were that way from the 1970’s until the late 2000’s, maybe 2008 or 9. As you can tell from this photo, the traffic flowed both north and south on Baylen Street back in the 1950’s by the way the cars are parked in the street. Thanks … Frank
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