Archive for the ‘Twelfth Avenue’ Category
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
12TH Avenue in Snow … February 1956 or 1957 …
This photo was made in front my father’s old studio on 12th Avenue back when it snowed in February, back in the late 1950’s … maybe 1956 or 57, I am not really sure. You can see the old Moulton’s Drug Store in the distance … this really takes me back, I can still see this scene as if it was yesterday. This little shopping area was always busy and 12th Avenue always had a lot of traffic. Then when Friendly Service and Winn-Dixie closed down, this whole area became a ghost-town in the early 1980’s for 5 or 6 years. Thanks for looking … Frank
The A&P on 12th Avenue …
This is a promotional photo at the old A&P grocery store on 12TH Avenue across from St. Christopher’s Church. The car is a Ford Torino and I would guess that it would be around a 1972 or 73. I know someone out there will know … The old A&P closed down in the late 1970’s and was converted in a Ronald McDonald House. They built a larger facility on Bayou Blvd and have moved, so I do not know what is in there now. I can vividly remember shopping in the old store like it was yesterday … Winn-Dixie and Friendly Service had closed down and this was the only grocery store left on 12TH Avenue. I do not know any of the people in the photo, as usual, but that is not really my purpose. Thanks for looking and let us hear your comments … Frank
Johnson’s Barber Shop …
Someone had made a comment earlier about Johnson’s Barber Shop, that was one of the shops at the corner of 12th Avenue and Gonzalez Street and I dug this one out. This is me getting a hair cut by either Mr. Johnson or Mr. Helms … I do not know which one. This is not my first hair-cut because I was really crying in that photo. I have it somewhere around here and I will post it when I find it … everyone will get a good laugh, because I am really crying!! You would think I am really in pain or was being beaten. Notice the board that they have me sitting on…how many of you there ever sat on this board and had your hair cut? I bet quite a few of you readers out there. Also, look at the reflections in the mirror … they must have been very busy on this day. Thanks for looking … Frank
One More From 12th and Gonzalez Streets …
This is one more panorama made with the Wide-Lux 120 that my father owned. This is from the diagonal of the last pano showing Ginn’s and Kwik Chek on the south side of Gonzalez and 12th. The signs on the building say ” Shaws ” and ” M&M Hardware and Fishing Tackle ” . The business at the left end of the building was ” Friendly Service “. They had a deli that made sandwiches and had cold salads like potato salad, cole slaw, etc. They even had a hot bar that had meat loaf, cabbage, navy beans and the like. That business I remember very well because it did not close until the early 1980’s. This photo was made in the mid-1950’s, so you see that 12th Avenue was stilled paved with bricks.
Anybody out there that wants to share their memories of Friendly Service, Shaw’s or M&M Hardware and Fishing … please let us hear. I will ask you to refrain from talking about one item from Friendly Service … their meat-loaf sandwiches. To this day, that has to be my all-time favorite sandwich and I have never had one ( except from home ) that has been that tasty or delicious. Thanks again for looking and let us hear your comments.
Ginn’s Restaurant …
This is the corner of 12th Avenue and Gonzalez Street, somewhere around 1956 or 7. This is where I spent the first 20 something years of my life … anyone that is familiar with my father’s studio knew that it was located just down from that Cadillac parked on the left side of this image. I have a photo showing the other side of the street that I am working on that I will most in the next day or so. I know I have posted several photos of this corner in the past, so if you are curious, just search ” 12th Avenue ” and see what pops up. Thanks for looking …
Clubbs House in East Hill in Snow …
This is the old Clubbs House on the corner of Blount and 12th Avenue. My father made this when Pensacola had that severe snow-storm in February of 1957 … not exactly positive that was the year, but it was somewhere around 1956, 57 or 58. I have posted several already from that snow, so I need to go back and check out the date. This house is still there, but has received extensive remodeling. Thanks for looking …
Brooks Thornton Florist …
This florist was on the corner of 12th Avenue and Cervantes Street. Another florist is now in it’s place and I believe the green house is still in use. The tree is long gone, but I can remember it being decorated for Christmas as a kid. We lived in a garage apartment about two blocks away on Cervantes. We lived there for 5 or 6 years until we moved to Cordova Park. In fact, the garage apartment is still there on Cervantes between 13th and 14th Avenue. One day I might have to drop by and knock on the door. Thanks for looking …
Nuns Out Front …
This is my all time favorite photo ( or at least in a group of 10 or so ) only because I was born here in this hospital back in 1953. I had posted this image up on the old site and I do not think I had that many comments on this image. Now, granted, I do not get too many visitors to this site since I have never advertised it anywhere, however, I thought with how many people were born here over 50 years or so I would have had a few reminisce their memories. And also with all of the nurses that had gone through nursing school at the hospital, I would have had a few mention their story, but no such luck. Maybe this time I will get a few stories … Thanks
Old Sacred Heart Hospital in the Early 1940’s …
I am not sure of the exact yeay this was made … I want to say 1941 or 42, but I have no idea. Maybe if someone could identify the cars in the photo, we could pin it down. I posted an aerial photo earlier that my dad had made back in the 1930’s and you did not see a parking lot across from the hospital. Also, note all of the trees out front of the hospital. I posted an exterior view several posts back and it did not have all of this foliage. As usual, all comments are welcomed …
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