Archive for the ‘Pensacola’ Category
First Methodist in Snow …
This photo was taken back in February 1957, when it snowed so hard and there were several inches on the ground for a day or so. Notice the snow on the roof of the church. I found this photo years ago and I started to remove the telephone pole and parking meters out front, but it was just too much trouble to do. Let me rephrase that statement … I was spending too many hours on removing the objects and I still had a lot of hours to go before I had every item taken out. This is going to be a job that I have to pay someone to do for me if I want it done correctly. Taking out the objects is not the hard and time consuming part, it is replacing parts of the image to make them blend in with the original setting. So I thought that I would just post it the way it is and see what type of response I get, if I get any at all. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
The Operation …
Here is another photo of an operation in progress from back in the 1940’s. It looks as if the surgeon has on some type of gloves, but neither he or the nurse has on any type of mask. Obviously this was not some type of major surgery or I doubt that my father would have been allowed in with his camera, but back in the day you never know. I do not have any idea who the doctor was or the nurse either. If anyone knows, please let us know … thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Building the School of Nursing …
This is a photo of the foundation when they were constructing the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in around 1945 or 46. You cannot tell by looking at the building in the previous post, but the building is built in the shape ” W ” . This just show the two outer sides … there was another section in the center that housed a small auditorium, or at least it was back then and when it was a school. You can sort of see where there are extending the center part of the foundation in the photo above. If anyone remembers the building being built and has any comments along that line, please let us hear from you. Even if you don’t remember the building being built, but attended nursing school in this building, please let us hear from you, also. Well, even if you attended the Academy of Arts and Sciences in this building, we would like to hear from you, too. I ran across some old negatives from my high school days, and if any of the old alumni would like to see some old Academy photos, let me know and I will clean them up and post them. Thanks for looking … Frank
Pensacola Ski Team …
Not Snow Skiing, WATER SKIING ! I found some negatives a while back from the 1970’s that my father had taken of the Pensacola Ski Team / Club. I do not know any of the girls, but a few look vaguely familiar. I am sure that this was taken at the Bonifay’s ” Ski Beach ” on Bayou Texar. For some unknown reason, this was the only negative I scanned … I will have to go back and find the negative envelope and scan some more. Thanks for looking and if anyone can identify any of these girls, please do. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Sacred Heart Nurses …
Here are several examples of nurses portraits that my father used to do in the 1950’s and into the 1960’s, before the nursing school closed down on 12th Avenue. The name on the girl’s dress reads ” Broughton ” . The girl’s name below I could note read. I will have to find the negative envelope that these came out of to see if there are names written down . But that is not my point … I just wanted to post several examples of portraits that my father made of these girls when they graduated. It isn’t funny how you just say “girls” and don’t think about men being nurses in this era. I cannot even tell you a date when men started entering the nursing program … maybe one of the viewers to this blog will be able to tell us. Looking back, after I made that previous statement, I cannot even think back to when I started seeing men working as nurses in the hospitals locally. Here is the other nurse …
I thank everyone for taking the time to view this blog and for those who post comments. Please check back … I have a few images worked up and ready to post and I plan to put them up in the next week or so. Thanks again … Frank
First Baptist Church in Pensacola Florida …
This was the church building for the First Baptist Church in Pensacola Florida back in the 1950’s before the new sanctuary was constructed in the mid-to-later 1950’s. I have an interior view somewhere that I will post later. Here are several of the new sanctuary below …
This last photo is church letting out from the first service held in the new sanctuary. I have several interior views that I will post later and also several events like the ground-breaking for this church and several from the Easter Sunrise Service that First Baptist used to hold over at Bayview Park on Bayou Texar. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Clubbs Junior High School Band …
Here is the A.V. Clubbs Junior High School Band from sometime back in the 1950’s. The school used to stand where the new N.B. Cook is now on 12th Avenue. Here are several more photos …
I do not know who this band majorette is, but she sure is a cute one!! I thought that I had one more of the band, but I could not find it in this folder so I will look in some others and post it when I find it. Thanks for looking … Frank
Florida Fixture and Cabinet …
It looks as if business was slow on the cabinet side of the business, the guys would just hammer out a boat or two. Now that is what I call real ingenuity!! The business or the building does not look familiar to me, but I a sure that someone out there will recognize the name or the business or might have even purchased a boat from them. Thanks for looking … Frank
Out Front of Old Sacred Heart Hospital …
Here is a group of nuns standing in front of the old Sacred Heart Hospital. I do not know anything about this photo or why it was made. My guess it was for some type of promotion or maybe a publicity photograph, however I know that when this photo was taken in the 1950’s, hospitals did not promote themselves like they do now. Thanks for looking … Frank
The Fishing Couple …
I do not recognize this couple or have any idea where they caught this fish, but I thought that someone out there might know who they are. I would not doubt if this fish was caught in Pensacola Bay or it might have even been caught in Bayou Texar, just judging from the size the boat that this couple is standing in front of. You see my father’s studio in the background … this was when it was located on Gonzalez Street, before he moved across the street to 12th Avenue. Thanks again for looking and let us hear from you … Frank
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