Archive for the ‘Twelfth Avenue’ Category
Old Sacred Heart Hospital …
This is just another exterior view of the hospital that my father made. I thought this was one that had the nuns out front on the lawn, but I was mistaken … however, it still is a nice view, so I thought that I would leave it in. Thanks for looking.
After School …
This panorama shows the corner of 12th Avenue and Gonzalez Street around 1956 or so … not sure about the exact date as usual. You can see all of the kids milling around because Clubbs Junior High School had just let out. Clubbs was located just two blocks of this intersection. Since this was the only area around that had any stores. all the kids headed in this direction so they could go to the Shaw’s Drug Store, Friendly Service, Winn-Dixie or Ginn’s Restaurant. You can see that 12th Avenue was still paved with bricks and I can remember that fairly well. Anyone have any comments about this time in their lives, please feel free to comment … who knows, that might be you standing on that corner? Thanks for looking … Frank
PS – I was too young in this photo … I did not get to Junior High until 1965 and I went to Workman, since we lived in Cordova Park. I had friends that went to Clubbs and they used to talk about this, but personally I never did.
Old Sacred Heart Hospital Aerial …
This aerial shows the old Sacred Heart Hospital and the Sacred Heart Nurse’s Home on 12th Avenue. To the north of the hospital is the building that once housed Friendly Service Grocery, Moulton’s Drug Store and a series of offices. One of these offices on Gonzalez Street was my father’s first photography studio. Also, notice that there is no office building across from the hospital. My father must have made this photo sometime in the late 1940’s.
Twelfth Avenue in Snow …
This is a view of the park on 12th Avenue in snow … I cannot remember right now if it was 1955 or 1958, but the more I think about it I want to say 1958. That is me in the photo and judging from my size, I would say that I look closer to 5 than 2. I posted a smaller photo of the park and someone emailed me and asked if it was sand … it almost looks as if it is. I have a few photos from this snow that I posted on the old site that I plan to re-post here at some point. If anyone has any memories from this time, please share them because I am sure everyone would be interested in hearing them.
Twelfth Avenue Panorama …
This view of 12th Avenue was made back in 1956 with a panorama camera called a WideLux that made four exposures on a 120 roll of film. You can see my father’s old studio in the middle of the block. The block was not curved … this effect was caused by the camera’s lens movement. Notice that 12th Avenue at this time was still made of brick. I have run across a few of these panoramas that my father made around Pensacola that I will post. This image was posted on the old site, but I have done some additional work on the image to clean up several areas. To the left of the studio was the “Little Duchess Beauty Salon” and to the right ( where the curve in the photo is ) was Ginn’s Restaurant. All comments are welcomed and encouraged. Thanks for looking …
Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two 
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