Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two

I ran across these negatives maybe ten years ago and thought that they were some what interesting, but I just never did anything with them.  I really never had a reason for posting them and then yesterday, I ran across them again and thought that they be good for a Labor Day posting.  So here they are.  My father took these back in the mid – 1950’s in Flomaton, Alabama, which is just across the Florida Alabama line.  The lettering on the door of the Ford truck reads ” Gulf & Southern Transportation ”  and judging from the trailer they must be hauling lumber / wood.   Timber is still a big industry in this area of southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.  I know I have at least one post on this blog showing photos from a tractor trailer hauling trees accident  on a road in this area.  As usual, I know nothing about the truck driver in the photo, other than the fact that he is a hard working individual.  Here are several more photos …

I made a mistake identifying the location of Gulf and Southern Transportation, I said that it was located in Flomaton and I should have said  ” South ” Flomation.  I honestly did not know that there was a South Flomaton.  For those of you who have never before been to Flomaton. it is maybe three blocks long ( and that is being generous ), but I made an error and wanted to correct it.  The one thing that I always remember about Flomaton is that’s  where we would go and catch the train when we would go to visit my uncle in Chicago.  After the railroad station in Pensacola was closed in the 1950’s ( see prior post ) and  you wanted to travel anywhere by train, you would drive to Flomation and catch the train there at the train station.  Well, that is all that I can think of to share with you about Flomaton today … if any one has any comments about trains, Flomaton, lumber or truck hauling, please share them with us.  I wish everyone a safe and happy Labor Day … try not to work too hard today and please check back.  Stay out of trouble … Frank