Archive for the ‘Pensacola’ Category
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
Pensacola Bay …
One more of my favorite photographs that I ran through the Lucis Art Filter. Note how intensified the sky becomes … I hope you enjoy. Thanks for looking … Frank
A Few More Celebrities …
Here is one that I have never posted before … Cochise ( Michael Ansara ) and his date / lady friend, Denise Darnell, Miss Kitty ( Amanda Blake ) and Doc ( I cannot remember his name right now ) from Gunsmoke. They are standing outside a room down at the Town House Motor Lodge on Cervantes. We all know Cochise, Kitty and Doc, but I Googled Denise Darnell and the only thing I came up with was a movie she made back in 1950 called ” The Striptease Murder Case ” or something to that effect. Maybe some of you out there have heard something about her and could fill us in. Whatever, she sure dresses nice … she looks as if she has Hollywood written all over her … the white gloves and white framed sun glasses … I doubt she picked those up down town at Woolworth’s on Palafox Street.
Now on a serious note, I want to thank Troy Moon at the Pensacola News Journal for writing the article and for Ginny Graybiel, the managing editor of the Pensacola News Journal, for publishing the article. It was a very nicely written and factual piece on my father’s photography and this blog. I also want to thank Katie King on the nice photo that she made of me with some of the photographs … that should earn her newspaper award somewhere!! Thanks again for the great piece … Frank
One more thing … to all the people who have been so kind to write comments here on this blog, I appreciate everything that everybody has written and I respond to all comments that that have been written so far. And I plan on writing a response to everyone that has written today, but because there have been so many of them, it is going to take me some time, however I want to do it to show my appreciation, so please bear with me. Thanks again for looking … Frank
Leaving on a Jet Plane …
This was the “Main Gate” at the old terminal at Pensacola Airport back in the 1950’s through the 70’s. I can remember this very vividly. I wish I had some photos of the interior of the airport to share with everyone. If anyone has any, please feel free to email them to me and I would be happy to share them with you. This is a new post from this wedding … I posted a photo of this couple standing at the back of the plane on the old site, so I will find it and post it later. Thanks for looking …
By the way, I believe that the old airport was named ” Haigler Field ” after our state legislator, Jack Haigler. If I am wrong on this, please correct me. I did not think of it until after I had written the top part and was getting ready to post this.
Roger Scott …
This is a portrait of Roger Scott that my father made back in the 1950’s. I believe that Mr. Scott ran the Parks and Leisure Services Department for the City of Pensacola for many years. The City’s Tennis Center on Summit Blvd. is named for him. He was way before my time and I know nothing at all about him. Nice portrait of him at his desk.
As usual, all and any comments are appreciated and welcomed. Thanks again for looking …
Suter School Play …
Back in 1950’s, A.K. Suter School over in East Pensacola Heights used to put on these plays … for that matter, several other schools did also because I have run across several other negative envelopes from Clubbs Junior High School. I know nothing at all about any of this, but I cleaned up several negatives and thought that I would throw them up on here. Here is one more photograph that I worked up …
I do not know who any of these kids are and the only reason I chose them was because these negatives required the least amount of Photoshop to get them ready to post. I have run across 4 or 5 negative envelopes from Suter School Plays and each bag contains 20 or 30 negatives each. Sometime in the future I will get around to working them up and posting some more of the photographs. I do not know when, but in the not too distant future. Also, someone sent me the back of a play program that had an ad for my father’s studio …
How many of you out there can remember Carl’s Bakery? It’s address is listed on Garden Street, but I remember it being over on Davis. There used to be another bakery over on Gadsden Street, but I cannot remember it’s name … anybody know? Thanks for looking and all comments are appreciated …
P S – I did not scan the above program page … it was emailed to me, so it is low resolution and the small print is hard to read. If anyone comes across anything like this page, I am interested in it. But I need to scan whatever in high resolution and the knock it down to low resolution to post on the web. Thanks for the comments about that …
Bayview Park …
This photo above of Bayview Park must have been made in the early 1900’s, maybe around 1910 or so. My father obviously did not make this photo, but he had a negative of the image. Someone must have brought the photo into the studio and had a copy print made. I have not seen very photos of the old Bayview Park and I thought that it looked interesting. Notice the old Model A’s in the parking lot on the left hand side. I can remember my father talking about going swimming there at Bayview Park when they moved here in 1925 from Muscogee Florida. All comments are appreciated … Thanks for looking …
Southern Bell Wall Phone …
These are several new photos that I have never posted before. The one above shows this service technician installing a wall phone. This was made in the early 1950’s, so this could have been for an ad showing the new ” wall phone ” from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. How many of you out there can remember when the phone company was named that? And I am sure that black was the only color that it came in. Here is one more photo …
Notice how the lady of the house is having to use the hand – crank on the side to power the telephone? The marvels of new technology! Next thing you know Southern Bell will be offering different colors in this wall phone, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves now. This was before my time, so if anyone remembers these phones, please let us hear from you. 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 …
WCOA …
For some reason, I want to say that this photo was taken when WCOA had it’s studio up in the San Carlos Hotel. But that is pure speculation on my part. If anyone has a better guess, please let us hear it. I do know that before WCOA moved to the studio it was in out off of Barrancas Avenue, it was located on the top floor somewhere of the San Carlos. This looks like it mught fit the decor of the hotel, so that is what I am basing my guess on. If anyone recognizes any of these people in the photo, please let us know. Thanks for looking …
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