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Watermelon Harvesters

“Watermelon grown just for the seeds.  They would use pitchforks and throw those melons into the machine.” LS Probably shot in the mid 1940′s when Loyd Sandgren was working for the state of Florida...

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Procession Mystery

These two photos were in one of the albums of Loyd Sandgren’s prints with no information and I had nothing but a hunch that they were shot at the same event. I focused my attention on trying to find...

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Missile On Parade

I have always loved this image from the Loyd Sandgren collection as a documentary image despite not having any information about the specifics of the shot.  Great parade float from the 1950′s,...

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Jacksonville Feed Company

“This shows the way lots of pictures were taken in the 40’s. This place was on West Beaver Street.  In those days the workers would stop work and pose for the photographer.  As you can see they didn’t...

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Retro Belly Dancing

An unidentified belly dancer in an unknown club.  One of two photographs taken in the same establishment from an album of Loyd Sandgren’s titled simply “Girls.”  Shot in the late 1960′s or early...

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Courthouse Protest, 1975

“Here is a group of unhappy blacks in front of the Duval Court House.  They carried a black mock casket.  I took the picture from my studio window across the street.  1975.”  LS A group of police...

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1960′s Harlem Globetrotters Visit To Jacksonville

With the Harlem Globetrotters coming to Jacksonville this week I thought this might be a good time to post this image from the Loyd Sandgren collection. There was no information attached to the print...

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