Stumbled upon this website and really enjoyed it.
If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look:
http://vintagejacksonville.net/
Quote from: KenFSU on April 23, 2012, 08:41:00 PM
Stumbled upon this website and really enjoyed it.
If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look:
http://vintagejacksonville.net/
Never seen this. Great find.
wonderful site. Thank You!
Thanks!
Hate to be that guy who bumps his own thread, but there is some truly great stuff on this site that I haven't seen anywhere else.
Well worth a look if you haven't already :)
Thanks for this. Great find and contribution to the institutional knowledge of the board.
If it wasn't for Loyd Sandgren we wouldn't know what Jacksonville looked like in the past.
Great site! :)
(http://vintagejacksonville.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004232watermarked1.jpg)
Anyone have any info on the "Arena" at Main and Beaver that is referenced in several photographs?
Thanks for the great distraction. I have accomplished nothing so far this morning......
Quote from: blizz01 on April 24, 2012, 10:34:18 AM
Thanks for the great distraction. I have accomplished nothing so far this morning......
+1.
If I remember correctly,Bob introduced himself and his site a while back.
He originally didn't have loyd's comments posted.
Quote from: KenFSU on April 24, 2012, 10:21:23 AM
Anyone have any info on the "Arena" at Main and Beaver that is referenced in several photographs?
That was "The Arena", a blandly named wrestling and sports venue also known by such unwieldy but descriptive names as the "Main and Beaver Street Arena". It hosted a surprising number of matches, including, obviously, women's matches, in the 30's, 40's, and 50's.
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/rfisher/RF00444.jpg)
There are more pictures from Florida Memory:
http://www.floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection%3A%22Florida%20Photographic%20Collection%22%20AND%20subject%3A%22Arenas--Florida--Duval%20County--Jacksonville%22&searchbox=1&query=Arenas--Florida--Duval%20County--Jacksonville&year=&gallery=0&search-type=
Here's an amusing story on a notable bout featuring champion matswoman Mildred Burke, by the late, great Bill Foley:
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120599/nef_1434682.html
And here's an advertisement featuring the Champ herself...
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/rfisher/RF00461.jpg)
great site. Been following it for a while now.