Posts Tagged ‘1950’s’
Tate High School …
This set of photographs was made sometime in the middle 1950’s … not sure of the exact years. If anyone has any idea who any of these people are, feel free to share it with us. I am just going to post all of the images, so here we go …
The last group of the coaches has several guys that look familiar to me, but none of the others do. I know that someone out there will know something about these photos. In the past, I would have broken all of these photos up into several posts. There are still several images from this set that I have not worked-up and I will get around to them in several months. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Suter School Play …
With Suter School being in the news with their new school building completed and open for students this week, I thought that I would post a photo from one of the plays that the school used to put on in the 1950’s. I have several envelopes of negatives from plays back in the 1950’s … maybe ’54, ’55 and ’56 and there are thirty of forty negatives per bag. I have posted some in earlier posts and did not get many comments or looks, so I do not really expect much from this one. One bad thing about these negatives is that they are not in very good shape and take more work in Photoshop to get them ready to post. You can type in ” Suter School ” in the search button on the right hand side of the blog and the other posts should pop up. The more I think about it as I type this up, I might have had four or five comments from people who recognized someone in the play. One side note, the posts that get the most attention are ones from Modesto California … can you believe that? To me, I can not figure that one out. However, I do appreciate all of the people looking for Modesto photos from back in the 1950’s. Another interesting fact is that I never knew anything about the Modesto images until my father died and I ran across them when I was sorting through all of the tens of thousand negatives that I have. In fact, I did not know that a lot of the negatives where of Modesto until people started commenting on them. Thanks for looking and I did not mean to get off on Modesto … Frank
Another One From The Port of Pensacola …
This is one taken in a warehouse down at the Port of Pensacola from back in the 1950’s, maybe around 1955. I had posted another one like it with another man bending over loading a sack with this nitrate in the photo, but I removed him in this image. I have always thought that this photo had an interesting look to it. I ran it through the Lucis Art filter in Photoshop to add some contrast to an otherwise “flat” image. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Pensacola Regional Airport Runway Construction …
Back before the Pensacola International Airport became ” International “, it was called the Pensacola Regional Airport. Sometime in the 1950’s, the airport runways were resurfaced and extended. This series of images shows the construction resurfacing process … I wish I new more about them, but I do not. I know that there is a lot more to it than just mixing up a batch of concrete and making sure that it is level. The strength of the concrete is determined by the ratio of sand to rocks and water, the amount of cement mix is a big factor and I am sure there are many other things that I have not mentioned, since I am not an engineer or claim to be. I always enjoyed this type of photographic work, since it was something that I knew nothing about but was interested in how things work. Hey, that could be the title of a tv show explaining how things are built and constructed … I might be on to something! Most all of the images are pretty self-explanatory, so I am going to dispense with the running commentary and stupid comments. Here we go:
The last two images maybe should have been shown earlier in the process, but it is what it is. The images of them unloading the equipment off of the barges was no where near where the airport runway is located, so my only guess that either they were taken at the Port of Pensacola or somewhere else in Pensacola Bay. But as usual, I do not know. If you look close in some of the photos you see the airport tower and the airport itself way in the background. I wish that I had some other photos of the airport itself, but I have pretty much posted everything that I have found taken at the airport. If any of you have anything of the Pensacola Airport from back in the 1950’s and 60’s, I would be interested in seeing what you have. Thanks for looking and please check back and don’t forget that I have my personal blog that you can get to by clicking on a link on the right side of the screen. Wishing everyone a happy New Year … Frank
Pensacola USO in the 1950’s …
I do not know what the ceremony here portrays, but it looks like it might be a July 4th celebration since I see some lady dressed up as the Statue of Liberty. The ceremony looks as if it were held in the building on Spring Street that was once the USO Building. I think it now is a storage / supply building that Escambia County uses for surplus office equipment. There were 15 or 16 negatives in the envelope, but I only bothered to work-up around four of the negatives … I might do some more later, but they seem to be all about the same as these. I am sure that some of you will recognize some familiar faces in these crowd shots. I am also not exactly sure of the date. Sometime in the 1950’s seems like a good guess …
OK, I had done five of these images, so I believe that I have eleven more to do. I have a box full of new negatives to scan and I will start work on them next year. I am up to almost four hundred posts and I am not sure of the total number of prints, but I would guess close to eight hundred images. I hope everyone has a safe and happy new years. This year 2014 has really flown by, however 2015 is starting out slow for me. Please check back and if anyone recognizes any of these individuals let us know … Frank
Coffee Cup Cashier …
This is only photo in my father’s files that I have of the Coffee Cup and it was made sometime back in the 1950’s. Look closely at the post card rack and you will see his photo of the Hotel San Carlos that I have posted on this blog several times. No clue who the lady is, I am sure that someone will recognize and identify her. The counter looks exactly the same today, some sixty years later. The photo was taken for the Cancer Society … here is one more photo …
I have not been in the Coffee Cup in a year or so, but I would not doubt if that same cash register is still sitting there. Now that I am thinking about the Coffee Cup, I am starting to get hungry for some biscuits with their famous tomato gravy. I guess that you would have to be raised in the South to appreciate tomato gravy and one more thing … they have the creamiest grits that you have ever tasted. I would go tomorrow and eat breakfast, but you regulars know how crowed that place is on a Saturday morning. If you do not get there by 6 or 7am, you will usually have an hour wait. That’s it for me now, I will be posting some more in the next few days … Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Pensacola Sign Company …
I could not read the writing on the negative envelope, so I am not sure if the sign company read ” McCurley ” or ” McCurdy “. However, it does not really make any difference. I believe that this business was located at W Street and Navy Boulevard where the Mercedes – Volvo dealership is today. I could be wrong with this, but for some unknown reason I believe I remember seeing this corner looking like this. And besides, the building in the background looks like the laundry cleaning business that is still there today. The next business I believe was located out on North Davis, just beyond West Florida Hospital …
The last sign is just a poster that went up in the 1950’s before the Interstate was built …
I have several long posts ready to go and will put them up in the next week or so. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
Hall’s Spic-N-Span Laundry …
As usual, I know absolutely nothing about Hall’s Spic-N-Span. In fact, I am not even sure if I have posted them before. I do not think that I have posted them on this site yet … I might have put them up on the first blog I had over on Blogger. If any of you remember anything about Hall’s, please feel free to share it with us. This was made sometime in the 1950’s. Here are several more …
Since this was the 1950’s, you know that this building was not air conditioned. You think the temperature reached 110 degrees in the hot Florida summer inside this building with all these machines running?
These ladies look pretty fresh, so it is must be early in the morning or either it is a nice fall day. I have a good number of posts ready to go, so I will put a few up in the next week or so. Thanks for looking and please let me hear from you …. I hope everyone has their Christmas shopping done … if anyone to purchase any of images for Christmas gifts, it is still time. If you have any questions, please contact me … Frank
The Fisherman …
I just called this one ” The Fisherman ” for lack of anything else. I ran across it the other day and thought that it looked somewhat interesting, especially the sky. It looks like it could have been made over in Gulf Breeze along the Sound or maybe even the Bay. One thing that stood out to me was how clean the beach looks … now a days you can not go too far in any direction without running across beer cans, plastic bottles and anything else that people throw in the water or leave on the beach after a picnic. I have a good number of images worked up that I plan on putting up in the next few days, so please check back. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, we did. Thanks again for looking … Frank
W R Jones Used Cars …
The only thing that I am fairly sure of is that this car lot was on the corner of Garden and Pace Blvd ( and I am not even 100% sure of this being Pace and Garden ). At one time this corner was the location for Astro Lincoln-Mercury before they moved out to Car City on Highway 29 North. Here are several more views …
The old cars are interesting to see and also look at all of the oil stains in the road…one thing that I have noticed from all of these road photos that I have worked on over the last few years is how much oil you find on the streets. These cars back in the 1940’s and 50’s must have leaked oil like a sieve … I have often wondered if it could have been inferior gaskets made out of cork back in those days. Whatever the problem, it was something that needed to be fixed. Any comment about any of this is appreciated. I have several more posts ready to go and I will put them up next week. Thanks for looking and please check back … Frank
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