Vintage photos sent in by readers

Thanks to everyone who sends in vintage photos for use in this feature. We have run some real gems over the past several months.

Carol Layton sent some photos. Her parents moved here in 1939 and she recalls walking atop the fence of the Charles Burgoyne mansion, known as “The Castle.”

“I remember my dad holding my hand because of the coquina’s uneven top,” she writes.

Gene’s Tackle Shop on Beach Street was a favorite stop for fishermen from the 1940s to the 1960s. Thanks to Gene Johnson’s great-granddaughter for sending images from that local landmark.

And Rhonda Hodges sent a photo of the Port Orange Marina, just north of Dunlawton on the west side of the Halifax River, from the 1970s when she enjoyed sailing there.

Please keep them coming. Results are best if scanned on a flatbed scanner and sent in JPEG format, but digital pictures of photos often look just fine, too. There’s even an app for that. Actually, there are several, take your pick. Smartphone apps that scan pictures usually do better than just taking a cellphone photo of a photo. I often use Google’s PhotoScan app when I don’t have access to a scanner. It’s free to download and can often take the glare off framed and glossy photos.

— Mark Lane

Do you have vintage photos to share?

Do you have photos that depict the people, landmarks and story of Volusia and Flagler counties? Don’t leave them hidden away in boxes and albums. Send a scan or photo to [email protected] for possible use on future histor
ic photo pages.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Vintage photos of the Daytona Beach area sent in by readers